Type Formation Country United States Underlies Cedar Mesa Sandstone | Region Utah: Paradox basin Primary Sandstone Unit of Cutler Formation | |
Overlies Unconformity on the Pennsylvanian Honaker Trail Formation Other Limestone, siltstone, shale Named for Type section: Elephant Canyon, secs. 4 and 9, T. 30 S., R. 19 E., San Juan County, Utah | ||
The Elephant Canyon Formation is the basal Permian geologic formation of the Cutler Group overlying an unconformity on the Pennsylvanian Honaker Trail Formation in the Paradox Basin of southern Utah.
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