Muley Canyon Sandstone Member of Mancos Shale
Usage of Geologic Unit Name:
Muley Canyon Sandstone (UT)
Muley Canyon Sandstone Member of Mancos Shale (UT)
Age:
Cretaceous, Late
Campanian, early
Geologic Province:
Paradox basin
Areal Extent:
UT(sc)
Unit Name History:
Named Muley Canyon Sandstone Member of Mancos Shale (Smith, 1983). Removed from Mancos; Raised rank and designated as Muley Canyon Sandstone (Eaton, 1990).
References

Smith, Curtis, 1983, Geology, depositional environments, and coal resources of the Mt. Pennell 2 NW quadrangle, Garfield County, Utah: Brigham Young University Geology Studies, v. 30, pt. 1, p. 145-169.

Eaton, J.G., 1990, Stratigraphic revision of Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) rocks in the Henry basin, Utah: The Mountain Geologist, v. 27, no. 1, p. 27-38.
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