Usage:
/Gaps intrusion [informal] (WY*)
Considered informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from Gaps Lakes, in secs. 5 and 8, T. 16 N., R. 79 W., Albany Co., WY (Houston and others, 1968).
In S/2 sec. 8, T. 16 N., R. 79 W., and N/2 sec. 17, T. 15 N., R. 80 W., Carbon Co., WY (Houston and others, 1992).
AAPG geologic 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.
"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 ([ ]).