Usage:
No current usage.
(†Colpitts Group (OR) discarded. See Warm Springs Member and Weberg Member, both of Snowshoe Formation.)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: on east side of Warm Springs Creek Valley, in secs. 19, 20, 29, and 30, T. 18 S., R. 26 E., Crook Co., east-central OR. Named from Willard Colpitts Ranch on upper Warm Springs Creek (Lupher, 1941).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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