- Usage in publication:
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- Fort Steele Formation
- Modifications:
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- Overview
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Northern Rocky Mountain region
Summary:
Used in the Dewar Creek and Nelson areas in B.C. Stratigraphic position and correlation with other Precambrian formations of the Belt Supergroup of the U.S. in the Northern Rocky Mountain region, and of the Purcell Supergroup in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada shown on figs. 4 and 6.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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