Usage:
Recapture Member of Morrison Formation (AZ*,CO*,NM*,UT*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Recapture Creek, which extends from T. 40 to 36 S., R. 22 and 23 E., San Juan Co., UT. Is well-exposed near mouth of creek, in T. 39 S., R. 22 E. (Gregory, 1938).
AAPG geologic province:
Paradox basin*
San Juan basin*
Black Mesa basin*
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 ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).