Usage:
/Spring Canyon Member of Frontier Formation (UT)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Spring Canyon tongue of Clark (1928) in UT.]
Geologic age:
late Early to early Late Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named presumably for exposures in Spring Canyon, 3.25 mi southeast of Coalville, Summit Co., UT (Hale, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Uinta uplift
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