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Geologic Unit: Ibex

Usage:

Ibex Member of Ely Springs Dolomite (NV,UT)
Ibex Member of Ely Springs Dolostone (UT)


Geologic age:

Late Ordovician


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

Type section: exposures 3.2 km north-northwest of Ibex Well, Bench mark 4779, in Barn Hills, Confusion Range, in SE/4 NW/4 sec. 26, T. 21 S., R. 14 W., Millard Co., western UT (Budge and Sheehan, 1980).


AAPG geologic province:

Great Basin province


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

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