Usage:
Irontown Member of Page Ranch Formation (NV,UT)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene
Miocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not stated. Exposed in east-facing scarp 2 mi northwest of Page Ranch and 1 mi southwest of Old Irontown historic site, Page Ranch quadrangle, Iron Springs district. Origin of name not stated by author (Mackin, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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