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Geologic Unit: Bottineau

Usage:

Bottineau interval (informal) in Lodgepole Formation of Madison Group (ND-subsurface)
Same as Souris Valley beds in Canada. See also Souris Valley.

Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in ND, local, informal: Flossie Lake subinterval, Scallion subinterval, Virden subinterval, Whitewater Lake subinterval.


Geologic age:

Early Mississippian (Kinderhookian)


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

Unknown.


AAPG geologic province:

Williston basin


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

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