Usage:
Hite Bed of Church Rock Member of Chinle Formation (AZ*,UT*)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Well developed on exposures about 2 mi south of Hite, San Juan Co., UT (Stewart and others, 1959).
Type section designated near the Colorado River at the Horn and continuing up promontory to north; promontory is 1.75 mi south-southeast of Hite, San Juan Co., UT (Stewart and others, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
Paradox basin*
Black Mesa 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 ([ ]).