Usage:
Pigeon Creek Formation (UT)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
In Pigeon Creek Canyon, in sec. 25, T. 14 S., R. 1 E., Levan 7.5-min quadrangle, Juab Co., UT. Named from Pigeon Creek Canyon (Schwans, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
Wasatch uplift
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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