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Geologic Unit: Climbing Arrow

Usage:

Climbing Arrow Formation of Bozeman Group (MT*)


Geologic age:

Tertiary*
Eocene, middle*
Eocene, late*
Oligocene, early*
Chadronian


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

Type area: in NW corner sec. 12, T. 1 N., R. 1 E., Gallatin Co., MT (Robinson and Barnett, 1963).


AAPG geologic province:

Montana folded belt*


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

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).