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Geologic Unit: Heydlauff

Usage:

No current usage.
(†Heydlauff Sandstone (ID) is synonym of Hudspeth Cutoff Formation and Indian Fork Formation. See Hudspeth Cutoff and Indian Fork.)


Geologic age:

early Permian (Leonardian)


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

Type section: NE/4 sec. 1 and 2, T. 13 S., R. 30 E. Well exposed on dividing ridge between Heydlauff and Saeger Canyons, east flank of Sublett Range, Oneida Co., ID (Cramer, 1971).


AAPG geologic province:

Great Basin province
Snake River basin


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

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