Usage:
Adaville Formation (UT*,WY*)
Subunits:
Lazeart Sandstone Member (WY*).
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from excellent exposures southwest of town of Moyer at Adaville Mine, 2 mi south of Hodges Pass tunnel on Oregon Short Line, in secs. 17, 18, 19, and 20, T. 21 N., R. 116 W., [Kemmerer 7.5-min quadrangle, Lincoln Co.], southwestern WY (Veatch, 1907).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin*
Uinta uplift*
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 ( ).
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