Usage:
Gunsight Butte Member of Entrada Sandstone of San Rafael Group (UT)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Gunsight Butte on west side of Gunsight Canyon, in secs. 15, 16, 21, and 22, T. 43 S., R. 5 E., Kane Co., UT (Thompson and Stokes, 1970).
AAPG geologic province:
Plateau sedimentary province
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