Usage:
Higham Grit (ID*,WY*, and UT*-local)
Geologic age:
Late Triassic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Higham Peak, the highest summit in northeastern part of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, in sec. 23, T. 3 S., R. 37 E., [Lat. 43 deg. 08 min. 28 sec. N., Long. 112 deg. 05 min. 00 sec. W., Higham Peak 7.5-min quadrangle, Bingham Co., southeastern ID], which is composed of this rock (Mansfield, 1916, 1952).
AAPG geologic province:
Central Western Overthrust*
Green River basin*
Snake River basin*
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 ([ ]).