Usage:
Limerock Canyon Formation (UT*)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (early Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (composite): (1) 124.9 ft thick, in NE/4 NE/4 sec. 25, T. 36 S., R. 6 W., Kane Co., UT, lower contact covered by Quaternary fill and upper surface is erosional; (2) 241.6 ft thick, in NE/4 NW/4 sec. 36, T. 36 S., R. 6 W., Kane Co., UT (Kurlich and Anderson, 1997).
AAPG geologic province:
Paradox basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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 ([ ]).