Usage:
/Canyon Creek Member of Ericson Sandstone of Mesaverde Group (subsurface of CO*,WY*)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Canyon Creek Member of San Juan Formation by Burbank (1930) in CO.]
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Occurs in Mountain Fuel Supply Company's Canyon Creek Field, [in T. 12 N., R. 101 W., Scrivner Butte 7.5-min quadrangle, Sweetwater Co., southernmost WY] (Smith, 1961, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin
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