Pakoon Formation |
| Usage of Geologic Unit Name: Pakoon Dolomite (UT*) Pakoon Limestone (AZ*,NV*,UT) Pakoon Limestone of Supai Group (AZ) |
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Permian, Early Wolfcampian |
| Great Basin province Plateau sedimentary province |
| AZ* NV* UT* |
| Type Locality: Type section: west face and crest of Pakoon Ridge, for which unit is named, northwest of Pakoon Spring, T. 35 N., R. 16 W., Mohave Co., AZ (McNair, 1951). |
| Unit Name History: Named (McNair, 1951). Overview; Redescribed (Hintze and others, 1994). |
| McNair, A.H., 1951, Paleozoic stratigraphy of part of northwestern Arizona: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 35, no. 3, p. 503-541. Hintze, L.F., Anderson, R.E. and Embree, G.F., 1994, Geologic map of the Motoqua and Gunlock quadrangles, Washington County, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-2427, 7 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000. |
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