- Usage in publication:
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- Camp Creek series*
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- Shale
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Northern Rocky Mountain region
Summary:
Pg. 2-7, 9, 18. Camp Creek series [Camp Creek group]. Present in Mission Range, central western Montana. Thickness 11,700 feet. Younger than Blackfoot series (new) and older than Cambrian Flathead sandstone. Age is pre-Cambrian (Belt series). Report includes correlation chart.
Named from exposures on Camp Creek, Mission Range, Lake and Missoula Cos., central western MT.
[Misprint (USGS Bull. 896, p. 326): entry under Camp Creek belongs under Camp Springs.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 326); supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Camp Creek series†
- Modifications:
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- Abandoned
Summary:
Pg. 348. †Camp Creek series of Walcott abandoned. =Missoula Group. Although Camp Creek has priority, it has been little used.
Source: Publication.
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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