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Geologic Unit: Wallsburg Ridge

Usage:

Wallsburg Ridge Member of Oquirrh Formation (UT*)
Wallsburg Ridge Formation of Oquirrh Group (UT)


Geologic age:

Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian to Virgilian)*


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

Outcrop along crest of Wallsburg Ridge, running approx. from Strawberry Valley 7.5-min quadrangle line east to SE/4 sec. 27, T. 5 S., R. 4 E., Uinta Co., UT (Baker, 1976).


AAPG geologic province:

Uinta 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 ([ ]).