Usage:
Elba Quartzite (ID*,UT*)
Elba Quartzite of Dove Creek Group (ID)
Geologic age:
Precambrian(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from exposures in hills north and west of town of Elba, Cassia Co., ID (Armstrong, 1968).
Type section: in S/2 sec. 1, T. 14 S., R. 24 E., Cassia Co., ID (Compton, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
Northern Rocky Mountain region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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