Usage:
Deer Peak Volcanics (CO*)
Geologic age:
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: near head of Froze Creek drainage, in secs. 22 and 27, T. 23 S., R. 70 W., Custer Co., south-central CO. Named from rocks on flanks of Deer Peak, southern Wet Mountains, Custer Co., south-central CO (Scott and Taylor, 1975).
Reference section: in sec. 4, T. 23 S., R. 70 W., Custer Co., south-central CO (Scott and Taylor, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Las Vegas-Raton 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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