Usage:
Garley Canyon Beds of Emery Sandstone Member of Mancos Shale (UT)
Garley Canyon Sandstone Member of Mancos Shale (UT*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Santonian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from prominent exposures in walls of Garley Canyon [in T. 14 S., R. 9 E., Castle Gate 15-min quadrangle], Carbon Co., Book Cliffs area, central eastern UT (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Uinta basin*
Paradox basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).