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Geologic Unit: Bacon Ridge

Usage:

Bacon Ridge Sandstone (WY*)
[?] Bacon Ridge Formation (ID)


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Notable exposures along both sides of Bacon Ridge, in T. 41 N., R. 111 W., Teton Co., northwestern WY. Named from Bacon Ridge (Love and others, 1948).


AAPG geologic province:

Yellowstone province*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).