Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Dutton Creek Formation (WY) reallocated to Hanna Formation. See Hanna.)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Paleocene, late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: where Dutton Creek crosses boundary between Albany and Carbon Cos., in secs. 32 and 33, T. 19 N., R. 77 W., WY (Hyden and others, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Wind River basin
Green River basin
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 ([ ]).