Usage:
Stanaker Formation (UT)
Stanaker Member of Ankareh Formation (UT)
Stanaker Member of Chinle Formation (UT)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: north of Vernal from sec. 7, T. 3 S., R. 22 E., northward to gorge of Brush Creek near northwest corner of sec. 32, T. 2 S., R. 22 E. and west of Vernal-Manila Highway, Uintah Co., UT. Named from Stanaker Draw, eastern Uintah Co., UT (Thomas and Krueger, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Uinta uplift
Uinta 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 ([ ]).