Usage:
Boston Ranch Formation of Reynolds Basin Group (ID)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Miocene, late or Pliocene, early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: conical hill on the Boston Ranch, immediately north of Farrot Creek, on border between secs. 10 and 11, T. 2 S., R. 4 W., [Soldier Cap 7.5-min quadrangle], Owyhee Co., southwestern ID (McIntyre, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin
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