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Geologic Unit: Cap Rock

Usage:

Cap Rock Member of Ash Hollow Formation of Ogallala Group (NE,SD)


Geologic age:

late Tertiary (Miocene; Clarendonian NALMA)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality (=Burge type): Burge quarry, on east side of Snake River, in N/2 NW/4 SE/4 sec. 15, T. 32 N., R. 30 W., Cherry Co., central northern NE (Skinner and others, 1968).


AAPG geologic province:

Chadron arch
Salina basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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