Usage:
Moss Back Member of Chinle Formation (AZ*,CO*,UT*)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: measured on southwest part of Moss Back ridge, 0.4 mi west and 0.2 mi south of northern tip of northwesternmost of 4 buttes (3 westernmost make up Moss Back) that are located on or near divide between Fry and Red Canyons, Lat. 37 deg. 34 min. 36 sec. N., Long. 110 deg. 08 min. 51 sec. W., White Canyon, San Juan Co., UT. Named from Moss Back, eastern White Canyon, San Juan Co., UT (Stewart, 1957).
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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