Usage:
Argosy Creek Formation of Copper Basin Group (ID*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in ID*: Brockie Lake Conglomerate Member, Iron Bog Creek Member, Muldoon Canyon Member, Scorpion Mountain Member.
Geologic age:
Mississippian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (composite): on ridge between north and south forks of Argosy Creek, in SE/4 NW/4 sec. 17, T. 3 N., R. 22 E., and extending into unsurveyed section, within T. 3 N., R. 22 E., Trail Creek quadrangle, Blaine Co., ID. Named from Argosy Creek (Link and others, 1996).
AAPG geologic province:
Idaho Mountains province*
Snake River basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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