Usage:
Trail Canyon Formation of Oquirrh Group (ID)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Late
Missourian
Virgilian
Permian, Early
Wolfcampian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: dividing ridge of Sublett Range from head of Tussing Canyon south to head of Trail Canyon, from NE/4 sec. 22 to SW/4 sec. 26, T. 12 S., R. 30 E., Power Co., ID. Named from Trail Canyon (Cramer, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
Snake River 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 ([ ]).