Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Battle Mountain Formation (CO) reallocated to Minturn Formation. See Minturn.)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: north side Turkey Creek; section begins on top of Hill 11610 (Minturn quadrangle) west of Dagett Pass (Shrine Pass Road) about 6 mi east of Red Cliff, Eagle Co., northwestern CO. Named from Battle Mountain 3.5 mi northeast of Red Cliff, [in T. 6 S., R. 80 W., Eagle Co., northwestern CO] (Brill, 1942).
AAPG geologic province:
Eagle 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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