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  • Usage in publication:
    • Boise sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Grit
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Snake River basin
Publication:

Kirkham, V.R.D., 1928, Brief papers on geologic field work in Idaho during 1927: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet, no. 29, 15 p.


Summary:

Pg. 1. Massive grit or sandstone locally known as Boise sandstone. This formation, along with a varying thickness of sandy and shaly layers, is assigned to Poison Creek formation, of probable Pliocene age.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 228).


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