Dox Formation of Chuar Group of Grand Canyon Supergroup (AZ)
Dox Sandstone of Chuar Group of Grand Canyon Supergroup (AZ*)
(alphabetical) --all in AZ: Comanche Point Member, Escalante Creek Member, Ochoa Point Member.
Named from Dox Castle, north side of Colorado River, in Shinumo quadrangle, underneath which a typical section is found beneath Tonto group, which makes the castle, Grand Canyon, Coconino Co., northern AZ (Noble, 1914).
Southern Rocky Mountain region*
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