Usage:
No current usage.
(†Foote Creek Formation (WY) abandoned.)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous and Paleocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
In NE/4 sec. 13, T. 20 N., R. 79 W., and NW/4 sec. 18, T. 20 N., R. 78 W., Carbon Co., 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 ([ ]).