Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Black Girl Limestone (CO) reallocated to Wanakah Formation. See Wanakah.)
Geologic age:
Late Jurassic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures in Gold Hill area, Ouray district, southwestern CO (US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 896).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan Mountains province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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