Usage:
Orme Spring Conglomerate (UT)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Paleocene, late
Eocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in northeast corner sec. 31, T. 13 S., R. 2 W., Nephi NW quadrangle, Juab Co., UT. Named from Orme Spring nearby (Meibos, 1983).
Reference localities: in sec. 31, 33, 35, T. 13 S., R. 1 W., Nephi NW quadrangle, Juab Co., UT (Meibos, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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