Mineral Fork Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Proterozoic | |
Type | sedimentary |
Underlies | Mutual Formation (Big Cottonwood Canyon), Tintic Formation (Santaquin-Provo), or Kelly Canyon Formation (Antelope Island)[1] |
Overlies | Farmington Canyon Complex (Antelope Island), Big Cottonwood Formation (other locations)[1] |
Thickness | 1000 to 3000 feet |
Lithology | |
Primary | Tillite, Shale, Quartzite, Conglomerate |
Location | |
Region | Southern Rocky Mountains |
Extent | Wasatch Mountains, Antelope Island |
Type section | |
Named for | Mineral Fork, Salt Lake County, Utah |
Named by | Granger et al., 1952[2] |
The Mineral Fork Formation is a mapped Proterozoic bedrock unit in Utah.
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