Dupuyer Creek unit (informal) in Castle Reef Formation of Madison Group (MT*)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Middle Mississippian (Visean; late Osagean to Meramecian)*
Not designated. Named for North Fork Dupuyer Creek, MT (Nichols, 1984).
[Principal reference section: at North Fork Dupuyer Creek, in NW/4 NW/4 SW/4 sec. 21, T. 27 N., R. 9 W., Walling Reef quadrangle, MT (Nichols, 1984).]
Sweetgrass arch*
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