Usage:
John Henry Member of Straight Cliffs Formation (UT*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian to Campanian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: north side of small tributary canyon on west side of Smoky Hollow, in NW/4 sec. 32 and N/2 NE/4 sec. 31, T. 41 S., R. 4 E., Kane Co., UT. Named from John Henry Canyon tributary to Warm Creek, about 3 mi west of section (Peterson, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
Plateau sedimentary province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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