Usage:
Shadscale Formation (UT*)
Geologic age:
Middle Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along a low ridge, 0.6 mi north of Trailer Wash, east side of Dugway Range, in T. 11 S., R. 11 W., Juab Co., UT. Named from exposures near Shadscale Canyon, southern end of Dugway Range, Juab Co., UT (Staatz and Carr, 1964).
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.
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