Usage:
Soapstone Formation (UT)
Geologic age:
Late Mississippian (Chesterian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
(Also noted as type section) in N/2 sec. 31, T. 3 S., R. 9 E., Wasatch Co., UT. Named from Soapstone basin, Wasatch Co., UT (Arnold and Sadlick, 1962).
AAPG geologic province:
Uinta basin
Uinta uplift
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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