Usage:
Temple Cap Sandstone of San Rafael Group (UT*)
Temple Cap Formation of San Rafael Group (UT*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Sinawava Member (UT*), White Throne Member (UT*).
Geologic age:
Jurassic, early Middle*
Bajocian, early*
Bajocian, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from features called East Temple and West Temple in Zion National Park, Washington Co., UT (Gregory, 1950).
Principal reference section: in NW/4 NW/4 sec. 2, T. 41 S., T. 10 W., Washington Co., UT (Peterson and Pipiringos, 1979).
AAPG geologic province:
Plateau sedimentary 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 ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).