Usage:
Bannock Volcanic Member of Pocatello Formation (ID*)
Geologic age:
late Precambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from only known occurrence in Bannock Range, southeastern Idaho (Anderson, 1928).
[Principal reference section] (Bannock Volcanic Member): on west slopes of Chinks Peak, about 4 mi east-southeast of Pocatello, in secs. 32 and 33, T. 6 S., R. 35 E., [Bannock Co.], ID (Crittenden and others, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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