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Geologic Unit: Sage Valley

Usage:

Sage Valley Limestone Member of Goldens Ranch Formation (UT*)
Sage Valley Limestone Member of Copperopolis Latite (UT)


Geologic age:

early Tertiary (late Eocene to middle Oligocene)*


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

Origin of name not stated by author. Notable exposures at southern tip of Long Ridge, about 7 mi southwest of Levan, Juab Co., central UT (Muessig, 1951).


AAPG geologic province:

Great Basin province*


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 ([ ]).