Usage:
No current usage.
(†Shoshone Falls Andesite (ID) replaced with Idavada Volcanics. See Idavada.)
Geologic age:
Miocene(?)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures at Shoshone Falls, located on Snake River, in T. 9 S., R. 18 E., Twin Falls and Jerome Cos., ID. Named from Shoshone Falls (Stearns, 1936, Table 1).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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