Usage:
Broadway Alluvium (CO*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene*
Wisconsinan, late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: gravel pit in SE/4 sec. 30, T. 2 S., R. 67 W., Adams Co., CO. Named from Broadway Ave. on Broadway terrace, 25 ft above South Platte River, Denver, Denver Co., CO (Scott, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Denver basin*
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 ([ ]).