Usage:
Pakoon Dolomite (UT*)
Pakoon Limestone (AZ*,NV*,UT)
Pakoon Limestone of Supai Group (AZ)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Wolfcampian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: west face and crest of Pakoon Ridge, northwest of Pakoon Spring, in T. 35 N., R. 16 W., Mohave Co., AZ. Named from Pakoon Ridge (McNair, 1951).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
Plateau sedimentary province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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