Usage:
Broom Creek Member of Hartville Formation (NE,WY)
Broom Creek Member of Minnelusa Formation (SD)
Broom Creek Formation of Minnelusa Group (ND)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Wolfcampian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in Broom Creek Valley, in sec. 10, T. 28 N., R. 66 W., Platte Co., eastern WY (Condra and others, 1940).
AAPG geologic province:
Chadron arch
Denver basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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