Usage:
Killian Springs Formation (NV*,UT*)
Geologic age:
late Early to early Middle Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: 300-m-thick section exposed between Killian Springs and Cottonwood Springs, west side of Pilot Range, in sec. 21, T. 5 N., R. 19 W., Patterson Pass 7.5-min quadrangle, Box Elder Co., UT. Named from Killian Springs (McCollum and Miller, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin 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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