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Geologic Unit: Honaker Trail

Usage:

Honaker Trail Formation of Hermosa Group (AZ*,CO*,NM*,UT*)


Subunits:

Goosenecks Member (UT)


Geologic age:

Pennsylvanian, Middle*
Desmoinesian
Pennsylvanian, Late*
Missourian*


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

Honaker Trail, in sec. 29, T. 41 S., R. 18 E., Lat. 37 deg. 11 min. 35 sec. N, Long. 109 deg. 57 min. 01 sec. W, The Goosenecks 7.5-min quadrangle, San Juan Co., UT. Named from Honaker Trail (Wengerd and Matheny, 1958).
Reference section: Raplee locality, in secs. 33 and 34, T. 41 S., R. 19 E., San Juan Co., UT (Baars and others, 1967).


AAPG geologic province:

Black Mesa basin*
San Juan basin*
San Juan Mountains province*
Paradox 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 ([ ]).