Usage:
Golden Gate Canyon Formation (CO)
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: mouth of Golden Gate Canyon to about 4,500 ft north along the mountain front to NE/4 sec. 20, T. 3 S., R. 70 W., Golden quadrangle, Jefferson Co., CO. Named from Golden Gate Canyon drainage (Lickus and LeRoy, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Southern Rocky Mountain region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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