Usage:
Cut Bank Sandstone Member of Kootenai Formation (MT*-recognized locally in Glacier Co.)
Cut Bank Sandstone Member of Mount Pablo Formation (MT*-recognized locally in Teton and Pondera Cos.)
Cut Bank Sandstone (MT)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 2,571 to 2,642 ft (748 m to 805 m), Salt Dome [now Union Oil] Krueger No. 1 well, in NW/4 SW/4 sec. 12, T. 37 N., R. 5 W., Glacier Co., MT (Oakes, 1966).
Reference section (surface): along Badger Creek, in NE/4 SW/4 sec. 3, T. 29 N., R. 11 W., Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Pondera Co., MT (Mudge and Rice, 1982).
AAPG geologic province:
Sweetgrass arch*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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