Usage:
Fort Collins Member of Muddy Sandstone of Dakota Group (CO)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: roadcut 0.15 mi east of the south end of Spring Canyon Dam, in N/2 SE/4 sec. 32, T. 7 N., R. 69 W., Larimer Co., CO. Named from town of Ft. Collins about 3 mi east (MacKenzie, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Denver basin
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