Usage:
Creede Formation (CO*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (late Oligocene; Chattian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from development on slopes of both sides of Willow Creek about town of Creede, Creede district, [Creede 7.5-min quadrangle, Mineral Co.], southwestern CO. Named from town of Creede (Emmons and Larsen, 1923).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan Mountains province*
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