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Geologic Unit: Black Lion

Usage:

Black Lion Conglomerate (MT*)
Black Lion Formation (MT*)


Geologic age:

Mesoproterozoic*


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

Type section: cliffs between summit of Black Lion Mountain and top of talus above Black Lion Lake, at 9,000 ft elevation, Vipond Park quadrangle, Beaverhead Co., MT (Zen, 1988).


AAPG geologic province:

Montana folded belt*


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 ([ ]).