Usage:
Greyson Shale of Missoula Group of Belt Supergroup (MT*)
Greyson Formation of Missoula Group of Belt Supergroup (MT*)
Greyson Formation of Belt Supergroup (MT)
(Restricted from Glacier National Park and adjacent areas, Glacier Co., MT, where Appekunny is exposed.)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: on side of ridge between Deep and Greyson Creeks, southeast of Townsend, [Teton Co.], Belt Mountains, western central MT (Walcott, 1899).
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.
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