Usage:
Lost Canyon Member of Ely Springs Dolomite (NV,UT)
Lost Canyon Member of Ely Springs Dolostone (UT)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures north of Lost Canyon, Silver Island Mountains, in NE/4 sec. 30 (unsurveyed), T. 3 N., R. 17 W., [Graham Peak 7.5-min quadrangle], Tooele Co., western UT (Budge and Sheehan, 1980).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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