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Geologic Unit: Banff

Usage:

Banff Formation (MT,ND?,SD?,WY?)


Geologic age:

Mississippian


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name: (See Canadian Lexicon)

Type locality: northwest end of Mount Rundle, Lat. 51 deg. 09 min 54 sec. N., Long. 115 deg. 31 min. 08 sec. W., southwestern Alberta, Canada (CSPG Western Canada Lexicon).


AAPG geologic province:

Chadron arch
Montana folded belt
Powder River basin
Williston basin


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 ([ ]).