Usage:
Camelback Mountain Quartzite (ID*)
Camelback Mountain Quartzite of Brigham Group (ID*)
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on east slope of Wild Horse Mountain, about 4.5 mi south southwest of Pocatello, in secs. 22 and 23, T. 7 S., R. 34 E., Bannock Co., ID. Named for exposures on Camelback Mountain, east of Pocatello, Idaho; this section is severely faulted (Crittenden and others, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Rocky Mountain region*
Snake River 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 ([ ]).