Usage:
Deadmans Gulch Formation (CO)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: south slope of Deadmans Gulch, in sec. 14, T. 14 S., R. 84 W., Gunnison Co., CO. Named from Deadmans Gulch (Bush and Bush, 1974).
AAPG geologic province:
Eagle basin
Piceance basin
South Park basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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