Usage:
Dead Horse Member of Manitou Formation (CO)
Dead Horse Conglomerate Member of Manitou Formation (CO)
Geologic age:
Early Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: spur on north side of U.S. Highway 6, 0.5 mi northeast of bridge over French Creek, in sec. 16, T. 5 N., R. 87 W., [Shoshone 7.5-min quadrangle], Garfield Co., central northwestern CO. Named from Dead Horse Creek which enters Glenwood Canyon from northwest near northeast corner sec. 30, T. 5 S., R. 87 W., [Shoshone 7.5-min quadrangle], Garfield Co., central northwestern CO (Bass and Northrop, 1953).
AAPG geologic province:
Piceance basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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