Usage:
Pinyon Creek Conglomerate (UT*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Miocene, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures in lower reaches of Pinyon Creek Canyon, in north-central part sec. 35, T. 9 S., R. 2 W., northeast Tintic mining district, Utah Co., UT (Morris and Lovering, 1979).
Reference locality: north of Pinyon Creek Canyon in railroad cuts and tunnel, in south-central part sec. 26, T. 9 S., R. 2 W., Utah Co., UT (Morris and Lovering, 1979).
AAPG geologic province:
Wasatch uplift*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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