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Geologic Unit: Hudspeth Cutoff

Usage:

Hudspeth Cutoff Formation of Oquirrh Group (ID)
[†?] Hudspeth Cutoff Sandstone (ID)


Geologic age:

early Permian (Wolfcampian and Leonardian)


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

Type section: north wall of ridge between Sager Canyon and canyon by which Hudspeth's Cutoff enters Sublett Range. Base is in NW/4 sec. 17, and top is in center sec. 19, T. 13 S., R. 31 E., Oneida Co., ID (Cramer, 1971).


AAPG geologic province:

Great Basin province


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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