Geologic Unit: Snaky Canyon

Usage:

Snaky Canyon Formation (ID*)

Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in ID*: Bloom Member, Gallagher Peak Sandstone Member, Juniper Gulch Member.

Geologic age:

Mississippian, Late*
Chesterian*
Pennsylvanian, Early*
Morrowan*
Pennsylvanian, Middle*
Atokan*
Desmoinesian*
Pennsylvanian, Late*
Missourian*
Virgilian*
Permian, Early*
Wolfcampian*

Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section (composite of individual members): (1) Bloom Member, about 3.5 mi (5.8 km) south of Bluebird Mountain on west flank of Gallagher Peak and on east side of saddle between Copper Mountain and Gallagher Peak, in secs. 29 and 30 (unsurveyed), T. 10 N., R. 31 E., [in vicinity of Lat. 44 deg. 10 min. 17 sec. N., Lat. 112 deg. 48 min. 19 sec. W.], Copper Mountain 7.5-min quadrangle, [Targhee National Forest], Clark Co., ID; (2) Gallagher Peak and Juniper Gulch Members, about halfway between Snaky Canyon and Juniper Gulch, in sec. 21, T. 9 N., R. 32 E., [in vicinity of Lat. 44 deg. 05 min. 26 sec. N., Long. 112 deg. 42 min. 22 sec. W.], Snaky Canyon 7.5-min quadrangle, [Targhee National Forest], Clark Co., ID. Named from Snaky Canyon (Skipp and others, 1979).

AAPG geologic province:

Idaho Mountains province*
Snake River basin*