Usage:
Midvale Soil of Salt Lake Group (UT*)
Geologic age:
Pleistocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Crest of a narrow ridge between the lowermost part of Dry Creek and the Jordan River; extends 0.5 mi southeast from tip of ridge in NE/4 sec. 11, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., Salt Lake Co., UT. Named from town of Midvale, Salt Lake Co., UT (Morrison, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Wasatch uplift*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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