Usage:
Karla Kay Conglomerate Member of Burro Canyon Formation (CO*,UT*)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from exposure at Karla Kay Mine [inactive uranium and vanadium mine], McElmo Canyon, Montezuma Co., CO [in vicinity of Lat. 37 deg. 20 min. 39 sec. N., Long. 108 deg. 51 min. 21 sec. W., Battle Rock 7.5-min quadrangle] (Ekren and Houser, 1959).
AAPG geologic province:
Paradox basin*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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