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  • Usage in publication:
    • Iron Mine member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Clastics
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Snake River basin
Publication:

Thomasson, M.R., 1959, Late Paleozoic stratigraphy and paleotectonics of central and eastern Idaho: Dissertation Abstracts, v. 20, no. 3, p. 999., Univ. Wisconsin-Madison


Summary:

Iron Mine member of Muldoon formation. Composed of clastics. Thickness 3,600 feet. Underlies Wildhorse member (new); overlies Garfield member (new). Age is Late Mississippian (Chesterian). Recognized in central and eastern Idaho.
Type locality not stated. Deposited in Muldoon trough, aligned N. 30 deg. W., ID.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1883).


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