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Geologic Unit: Arbon Valley

Usage:

Arbon Valley Tuff Member of Starlight Formation (ID*)


Geologic age:

Tertiary*
Miocene*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: in SE/4 sec. 18, T. 2 S., R. 38 W., Bingham Co., ID. Named from Arbon Valley, within Arbon quadrangle, Power Co., ID (Kellogg and others, 1994).


AAPG geologic province:

Snake River basin


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

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