Usage:
Phoenix Limestone Lentil (informal) of Oquirrh Formation (UT)
Informal, but rank and(or) lithologic terms are capitalized.
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
A stratigraphic marker bed. Crops out at mouth of Phoenix Mine, Bingham mining district, north-central UT (Keith, 1905).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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 ( ).
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