Usage:
Minnie Gap Sandstone Tongue of Rock Springs Formation of Mesaverde Group (UT,WY)
Also called Minnies Gap.
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from occurrence on north side of Lucerne Valley, northeastern UT (Roehler, 1965).
Massive light-brown cliff-forming sandstone present in northeastern Utah, in T. 3 N., R. 21 E. (Keith, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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