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Geologic Unit: White Rim

Usage:

White Rim Sandstone Member of Cutler Formation (UT*)
White Rim Sandstone of Cutler Group (UT*)
White Rim Sandstone (UT)


Geologic age:

Permian, Early*


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

Not designated. Named from a bench called White Rim, between the Green and Colorado Rivers, San Juan Co., UT (Baker and Reeside, 1929).


AAPG geologic province:

Paradox 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 ([ ]).