Usage:
Shinarump Member of Chinle Formation (AZ*,NM*,NV*,UT*)
Shinarump Conglomerate (AZ,NV)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late*
Carnian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Shinarump Cliffs, south of Vermilion Cliffs, southern part of Kane Co., UT (Gilbert, 1875; Howell, 1875, Powell, 1876).
AAPG geologic province:
Black Mesa basin*
Great Basin province*
Paradox basin*
Plateau sedimentary province*
San Juan basin*
South Western Overthrust*
Orogrande 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 ([ ]).