Usage:
Red Narrows Conglomerate (UT)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary (Maastrichtian to Paleocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures extending from summit of Teat Mountain, in NW/4 SW/4 SW/4 sec. 15, T. 9 S., R. 5 E., along ridge crest on east side of Rough Hollow down to Red Narrows Canyon and U.S. Highway 50-6, in NE/4 SW/4 SE/4 sec. 33, T. 9 S., R. 5 E., Utah Co., UT (Young, 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
Wasatch uplift
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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