Usage:
Goldens Ranch Formation (UT*)
Originally spelled Golden's Ranch.
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in UT: Chicken Creek Tuff Member, /Hall Canyon Conglomerate Member, Sage Valley Limestone Member*.
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Eocene, late* to Oligocene, middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in NW/4 sec. 18, T. 14 S., R. 2 W., Juab Co., UT (Meibos, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
Wasatch uplift*
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 ([ ]).