Usage:
Golden Valley Formation (ND*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in ND: Bear Den Member, Camels Butte Member, East Tioga Clay [unranked] (local), South Ross Clay [unranked] (local), White Earth Clay [unranked] (local).
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (late Paleocene to Eocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type exposure: near town of Golden Valley, Mercer Co., ND (Benson and Laird [abs.], 1947).
Reference section: south of town of Golden Valley, in W/2 NE/4 sec. 2, T. 143 N., R. 90 W., Mercer Co., ND (Hickey, 1977).
AAPG geologic province:
Williston 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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