Usage:
/Kolob Limestone Member of Carmel Formation of San Rafael Group (UT)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Kolob Latite by Averitt (1962) in UT.]
Geologic age:
Bajocian
Jurassic, Middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: between Virgin River bridge, about 2 mi south of Mount Carmel, and a point about 2 mi west of Mount Carmel village, Kane Co., UT. Named from Kolob Terrace (Thompson and Stokes, 1970).
AAPG geologic province:
Plateau sedimentary province
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