Usage:
Straight Canyon Formation (UT*)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along the ridge 1 mi south of Straight Canyon, in T. 10 S., R. 11 W., Tooele Co., UT. Named from exposures near Straight Canyon, east-central side of Dugway Range, Tooele Co., UT (Staatz and Carr, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
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 ( ).
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