Usage:
Campbell Lake Formation of Deep Lake Group of Snowy Pass Supergroup (WY*-notably in Medicine Bow Mountains)
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: 1.8 km (approx. 1 mi) southwest of Campbell Lake, in SW/4 NE/4 sec. 4, T. 16 N., R. 80 W., Medicine Bow Mountains, [Turpin Reservoir 7.5-min quadrangle], Carbon Co., southeastern WY. Named from exposures east of Campbell Lake [in Sand Lake 7.5-min quadrangle, Carbon Co., southeastern WY] (Karlstrom and Houston, 1979).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Rocky Mountain region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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