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Geologic Unit: North Standard

Usage:

North Standard Latite (UT*)
North Standard Latite of /Laguna Springs Volcanic Group (UT*)

[A group name combines a geographic name with the term "group," and no lithic designation is included (ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]


Geologic age:

Tertiary*
Oligocene, middle*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Exposures in area of North Standard shaft, in secs. 27 and 34, T. 9 S., R. 2 W., East Tinitc mining district, Utah Co., UT (Morris and Lovering, 1979).


AAPG geologic province:

Wasatch uplift*


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 ([ ]).