Honaker Trail Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Utah, United States}} {{Infobox rockunit | name = Honaker Trail Formation | image = Cataract_Canyon,_Utah,_Colorado_River_(Route_95)_(3467678473).jpg | caption = Twice Expandable photo <br>The gray-layer on right is the Honaker Trail <br>(approximately 100 ft thick?) | type = Formation | age = Carboniferous | period = Carboniferous | prilithology = | otherlithology = | namedfor = | namedby = | region = Utah | country = United States | coordinates = | unitof = Hermosa Group | subunits = | underlies = Elephant Canyon Formation <br/> & Halgaito Formation

| overlies = Paradox Formation | thickness = | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }}

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The '''Honaker Trail Formation''' is a geologic formation in Utah. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

It is a member of the 3-member Hermosa Group and is located above the Paradox Formation in the dramatic site of Goosenecks State Park, Utah, notably Cataract Canyon. It is gray-colored above the multi-layered Paradox deep in Cataract Canyon, riverside.

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==See also== {{Portal|Earth sciences|Utah|Paleontology}} * Honaker Trail * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Utah * Paleontology in Utah

==References== * {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021|archive-date= 25 March 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220325060448/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home|url-status= live}}

Category:Carboniferous geology of Utah Category:Limestone formations of the United States