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Geologic Unit: Pigeon Creek

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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