Usage:
Shurtliff Sandstone Member of Hilliard Shale (WY*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Santonian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: [along Hams Fork about 3 mi north-northwest of Frontier, in E/2 sec. 27, T. 22 N., R. 116 W., Kemmerer 15-min quadrangle, Lincoln Co.], southwestern WY (Smith, 1965; see Rubey, 1973).
Named from Shurtliff Ranch, on Shurtliff Creek [now spelled Shurtleff] west of Round Mountain, in T. 17 N., R. 118 W., [Little Dee Creek 7.5-min quadrangle], Uinta Co., southwestern WY (Smith, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Green 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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