Usage:
Fowkes Formation (UT*,WY*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Bulldog Hollow Member (UT*,WY*), Gooseberry Member (WY*), Sillem Member (WY*).
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Eocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Fowkes Ranch, around which the formation is well exposed; located about 9 mi from Evanston, [near UT-WY State line, in SE/4 sec. 32, T. 17 N., R. 120 W., Neponset Reservoir NE 7.5-min quadrangle, Uinta Co., southwestern WY] (Veatch, 1907).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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