Usage:
Whitmore Point Member of Moenave Formation of Glen Canyon Group (AZ*,NV*,UT*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Early*
Sinemurian*
Pliensbachian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: at Whitmore Point, about 5 mi northwest of Pipe Spring National Monument, in sec. 15, T. 40 N., R. 5 W., Mohave Co., AZ. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from Whitmore Point (Wilson, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Plateau sedimentary province*
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 ([ ]).