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Geologic Unit: Grand Canyon

Usage:

Grand Canyon Supergroup (AZ*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in AZ*: Chuar Group, Nankoweap Formation, Sixtymile Formation, Unkar Group.


Geologic age:

Precambrian*
Proterozoic, Middle*
Proterozoic, Late*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not designated (Walcott, 1883).


AAPG geologic province:

Southern Rocky Mountain region*


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 ([ ]).