Usage:
Gerrit Basalt (ID*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: the canyon of Henrys Fork of the Snake River, upstream for about 5 km from Upper Mesa Falls, Fremont Co., ID. Named from Gerrit railroad siding, 5 km east of Upper Mesa Falls (Christiansen, 1982).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake 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 ([ ]).