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Geologic Unit: Red Warrior

Usage:

No current usage.
(Rocks of †Red Warrior Limestone (UT) reallocated to Pinyon Peak Limestone, Sevy Dolomite, Simonson Dolomite, Guilmette Formation, and Laketown Dolomite. See Pinyon Peak, Sevy, Simonson, Guilmette, and Laketown.)


Geologic age:

Silurian and Devonian


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not designated. Named from Red Warrior Mine, in T. 28 S., R. 11 W., Beaver Co., UT (Butler, 1913).


AAPG geologic province:

Great Basin province


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