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Geologic Unit: Hayden Creek

Usage:

Hayden Creek diamictite beds (informal) of Lemhi Group (ID)

Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.


Geologic age:

Mesoproterozoic


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not designated. Named from Hayden Creek, Lemhi Co., ID (Tietbohl, 1986).


AAPG geologic province:

Northern Rocky Mountain region


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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