Usage:
No current usage.
(†Fontenelle Tongue of Green River Formation (WY*) considered abandoned. Rocks reallocated to Tipton Shale Member of Green River Formation, Scheggs Bed of Tipton Shale Member, and Farson Sandstone Member of Green River Formation. See Tipton, Scheggs, and Farson.)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Eocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
About 0.5 mi south of Fontenelle Creek, in sec. 13, T. 24 N., R. 114. W., Lincoln Co., WY (Donavan, 1950).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin*
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