Usage:
Kanosh Shale of Pogonip Group (NV*,UT*)
Kanosh Formation (NV,UT)
Geologic age:
Middle Ordovician (Whiterockian; Arenig)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Ibex section K, in central part of west face of Fossil Mountain located just west of corner secs. 19 and 30, T. 22 S., R. 14 W., Millard Co., UT. Named from exposures near village of Kanosh [Kanosh 7.5-min quadrangle, Juab Co., UT] (Hintze, 1951).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).