Usage:
No current usage.
(†Black Point Dolomite Member of Cherry Creek series [now Cherry Creek Metamorphic Suite] (MT) considered abandoned.)
Geologic age:
Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type area]: in area about 5 mi long and 1.5 mi wide, between Johnny Gulch and Cherry Creek, Madison Co., MT. Marble forms conspicuous ridge known locally as Black Point (Perry, 1948).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Rocky Mountain region
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