Usage:
Black Mesa Gravel of Idaho Group (ID*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Black Mesa, an upland area 5 mi southeast of Glenns Ferry, Owyhee Co., southwestern ID, where gravel is typically exposed (Malde and Powers, 1962).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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