Usage:
Almy Formation of Wasatch Group (UT*,WY*)
Almy Conglomerate (WY)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Eocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Almy (a town a few mi north of Evanston), where it is exposed in bluffs along east side of Bear River (Veatch, 1907).
[Almy located near WY-UT State line, at mouth of Red Canyon, in sec. 30, T. 16 N., R. 120 W., approx. Lat. 41 deg. 20 min. 18 sec. N., Long. 111 deg. 07 min. 00 sec. W., eastern edge Murphy Ridge 7.5-min quadrangle, Uinta Co., southwestern WY.]
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin*
Uinta uplift*
Wasatch uplift*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
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