| Mineral Fork Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Proterozoic | |
 Boulder of diamictite of the Mineral Fork Formation, along the Elephant Head Trail, Antelope Island, Utah. | |
| 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.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Yonkee1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Granger, A.E., Calkins, F.C., Crittenden, M.D., Jr., and Sharp, B.J., 1952, Geology of the Wasatch Mountains east of Salt Lake City, IN Marcel, R.E., ed., Geology of the central Wasatch Mountains, Utah: Utah Geological Society, Guidebook to the geology of Utah, no. 8, p. 1-37.