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Geologic Unit: East Gulch

Usage:

East Gulch Tuff (CO*)


Geologic age:

Tertiary*
Oligocene*


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

In East Gulch, from which unit is named, in secs. 2, 3, and 11, T. 49 N., R. 12 E., south-central part of Black Mountain quadrangle, Fremont Co., CO (Epis and Chapin, 1974).


AAPG geologic province:

Denver 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 ([ ]).