Elephant Canyon Formation

Elephant Canyon Formation Stratigraphic range: Permian
Type	Formation
Unit of	Cutler Group
Underlies	Cedar Mesa Sandstone
Overlies	Unconformity on the Pennsylvanian Honaker Trail Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Limestone, siltstone, shale
Location
Region	Utah: Paradox basin
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Type section: Elephant Canyon, secs. 4 and 9, T. 30 S., R. 19 E., San Juan County, Utah
Named by	Baars, D. L., 1962

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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