Usage:
Lost Sheep Member of Laketown Dolomite (UT*)
Geologic age:
early Silurian (Llandovery)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: outcrop near Lost Sheep Mine, but measured on northwest side of steep canyon 2,000 ft southwest of Blowout Mine, in sec. 28, T. 12 S., R. 12 W., Juab Co., UT (Staatz and Osterwald, 1959).
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.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).