Usage:
Crowsnest Gravel of Snake River Group (ID*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene, late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: typical exposures in gravel pits near lower end of Crowsnest Road [Crows Nest Road], which leads from highway, 4 mi south of Hagerman, Gooding Co., ID, to upland plains west of Snake River (Malde and Powers, 1962).
[Gravel pits (east-southeast of Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument and southwest of Hagerman Wildlife Management Area) in sec. 2, T. 8 S., R. 13 E., approx. Lat. 42 deg. 45 min. 25 sec. N., Long. 114 deg. 53 min. 50 sec. W., Hagerman 7.5-min quadrangle, Twin Falls Co., southwestern ID.]
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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