Usage:
Gottsche Member of Rock Springs Formation of Mesaverde Group (WY)
Gottsche Tongue of Rock Springs Formation of Mesaverde Group (WY*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type locality:] on Gottsche Ranch, in sec. 30, T. 16 N., R. 102 W., Sweetwater Co., southwestern WY, where Highway 430 crosses Rock Springs-Ericson contact (Smith, 1965).
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.
"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 ([ ]).