Usage:
Brooks Sandstone Tongue of Rock Springs Formation of Mesaverde Group (WY*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: 3 to 5 mi south of Brooks Ranch, in secs. 30 and 31, T. 18 N., R. 101 W., and sec. 1, T. 17 N., R. 102 W., Sweetwater Co., southwestern WY (Smith, 1961).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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