- Usage in publication:
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- Bacon Ridge sandstone*
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Yellowstone province
Summary:
Pg. 2-3, 4-5, 21-24, 32-34. Bacon Ridge sandstone. Name applied to thick sequence of marine sandstone; overlies about 2,000 feet of shale [Cody shale] that in turn overlies Frontier formation as defined in central Wyoming. Measured sections show thicknesses of 318, 714, and 925 feet. Age is Late Cretaceous.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 189).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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