Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Beckwith Formation (UT*,WY*) reallocated to Ephraim Conglomerate of Gannett Group, Stump Formation, and Preuss Sandstone (or Preuss Redbeds). See Ephraim, Preuss, and Stump.)
Geologic age:
Jurassic and Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from extensive development on leased State lands now forming part of Beckwith Ranch [e.g., along South Fork Leeds Creek], situated just east of Beckwith Station on Oregon Short Line. (Veatch, 1907; US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 1200).
[Beckwith Station located in sec. 6, T. 22 N., R. 119 W., Beckwith 7.5-min quadrangle, Lincoln Co., southwestern WY.]
AAPG geologic province:
Central Western Overthrust
Green River basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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