Usage:
Victoria Formation (UT*)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from the Victoria Mine, in T. 10 S., R. 2 W., Juab Co., UT (Loughlin, IN Lindgren and Loughlin, 1919).
Measured section: east slope of Pinyon Peak, 3,500 ft N. 53 deg. W. of Water Lilly shaft, North Tintic district, in E/2 SE/4 sec. 33, T. 9 S., R. 2 W., Eureka 7.5-min quadrangle, Utah Co., UT (Morris and Lovering, 1961).
AAPG geologic province:
Wasatch uplift*
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 ([ ]).