Usage:
Death Canyon Limestone Member of Gros Ventre Formation (ID*,WY*)
Geologic age:
Middle Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along divide between Death and Teton Canyons, in Teton Range, Teton Co., western WY. Recognized in Teton, Owl Creek, and Wind River Mountains (Miller, 1936).
AAPG geologic province:
Bighorn basin*
Green River basin*
Wind River basin*
Yellowstone province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).