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  • Usage in publication:
    • Gottsche Tongue
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Green River basin
Publication:

Roehler, H.W., 1965, Summary of pre-Laramide Late Cretaceous sedimentation in the Rock Springs uplift area, IN De Voto, R.H., and others, eds., Sedimentation of Late Cretaceous and Tertiary outcrops, Rock Springs uplift: Wyoming Geological Association Field Conference Guidebook, no. 19, p. 10-12.


Summary:

Pg. 10, 11. Gottsche Tongue of Rocks Springs Formation of Mesaverde Group. Thin sequence of paludal rocks. Is uppermost tongue of Rock Springs Formation in Rock Springs uplift area, southwestern Wyoming. Underlies Ericson Formation. Overlies McCourt Tongue of the Rock Springs Formation. Age is Late Cretaceous.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1350, p. 300); supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Gottsche Member
  • Modifications:
    • Principal reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Green River basin
Publication:

Smith, J.H., 1965, A summary of stratigraphy and paleontology, upper Colorado and Montanan Groups, south-central Wyoming, northeastern Utah, and northwestern Colorado, IN De Voto, R.H., and others, eds., Sedimentation of Late Cretaceous and Tertiary outcrops, Rock Springs uplift: Wyoming Geological Association Field Conference Guidebook, no. 19, p. 13-26.


Summary:

Pg. 17, pl. 4. Gottsche Member of Rock Springs Formation. Consists of carbonaceous shales, thin coals, and some lenticular sandstones and gray shale. Thickness 20 to 70 feet. Overlies McCourt Tongue. Age is Late Cretaceous (Claggett).
[Type locality:] on Gottsche Ranch, in sec. 30, T. 16 N., R. 102 W., Sweetwater Co., southwestern WY, where Highway 430 crosses Rock Springs-Ericson contact.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1350, p. 300); GNC index card files (USGS-Reston).


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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