Usage:
Gothic Formation (CO)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in CO: Brush Creek Limestone Member, Crystal River Siltstone Member, Hot Springs Conglomerate Member, Jacks Cabin Limestone Member, Taylor River Limestone Member.
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along top of ridge separating Copper Creek and Virginia basin, east of town of Gothic (abandoned), in T. 12 and 13 N., R. 86 W., Gunnison Co., CO. Named from abandoned town of Gothic (Langenheim, 1952).
AAPG geologic province:
Piceance basin
Eagle basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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