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Geologic Unit: Shinumo

Usage:

Shinumo Quartzite of Unkar Group of Grand Canyon Supergroup (AZ*)


Geologic age:

Mesoproterozoic*


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

Named from exposures in canyon of Shinumo Creek, north side of Colorado River, Shinumo quadrangle, Grand Canyon, Coconino Co., northern AZ (Noble, 1914).


AAPG geologic province:

Southern Rocky Mountain region*


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 ([ ]).