Usage:
Watton Canyon Member of Twin Creek Limestone (ID*,UT*,WY*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Late*
Callovian, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: north side of Birch Creek, about 8 mi west of Woodruff, UT, in NW/4 sec. 19, T. 9 N., R. 6 E., Rich Co., UT. Named from Watton Canyon, just south of Birch Creek, Rich Co., UT (Imlay, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Uinta uplift*
Green River basin*
Uinta basin*
Yellowstone province*
Snake River basin*
Wasatch uplift*
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 ([ ]).