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Geologic Unit: Soapstone

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.

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