Usage:
/Cow Creek Conglomerate of Libby Creek Group (WY)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Cow Creek Member of Steel Shale by Hale (1961) in same area.]
Geologic age:
Proterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from outcrops on south wall of Cow Creek, Carbon Co., WY (Divis, 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Rocky Mountain region
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