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Geologic Unit: Denny Creek

Usage:

Denny Creek Granodiorite of Routt Plutonic Suite (CO*)


Geologic age:

Paleoproterozoic*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type area: exposures along Denny Creek at altitudes of 10,800 to 11,000 ft, Sawatch Range, Chaffee Co., CO. Named from Denny Creek (Barker and Brock, 1965).


AAPG geologic province:

Southern Rocky Mountain region*


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 ([ ]).