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Geologic Unit: Devils Gulch

Usage:

Devils Gulch Member of Valentine Formation of Ogallala Group (NE,SD)


Geologic age:

late Tertiary (Miocene; Barstovian NALMA)


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

Type locality: in Devil's Gulch of Dutch Creek, in SE/4 sec. 28, T. 32 N., R. 21 W., Brown Co., northwestern NE (Skinner and others, 1968).


AAPG geologic province:

Chadron arch
Salina basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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