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Geologic Unit: Bell Springs

Usage:

Bell Springs Member of Nugget Sandstone (CO*,WY*)
Bell Springs Formation (UT)


Geologic age:

Triassic, Late(?)*


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

Type section: about 1.5 mi northwest of Bell Springs, in NW/4 SE/4 sec. 9, T. 23 N., R. 88 W., Carbon Co., WY. Named from Bell Springs (Pipiringos, 1968).


AAPG geologic province:

Green River basin*
Wind River basin*


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

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).