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Geologic Unit: Tatow

Usage:

Tatow Member of Pioche Formation (UT)
Tatow Limestone (UT)


Geologic age:

Middle Cambrian*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

1.5 mi north of Marjum Canyon, on west face of House Range, Swasey Peak SW 7.5-min quadrangle, Millard Co., UT (Deiss, 1938).


AAPG geologic province:

Great Basin province*


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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

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