Usage:
Hominy Peak Formation of Absaroka Volcanic Supergroup (WY*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Eocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures 0.5 mi south of Hominy Peak, on southeast-facing escarpment of Hominy Ridge, northwest margin of Conant basin, in SE/4 sec. 16 and northern part sec. 21, T. 47 N., R. 117 W., [approx. Lat. 44 deg. 01 min. 54 sec. N., Long. 110 deg. 53 min. 54 sec. W., Hominy Peak 7.5-min quadrangle], Teton Co., [Jedediah Wilderness Area, Targhee National Forest], northwestern WY (Love and others, 1978).
Named from Hominy Peak, on which a Forest Service lookout station was formerly located at VABM triangulation station 8362 [see Grassy Lake Reservoir quadrangle map, 1956 ed.] (Love and others, 1978).
AAPG geologic province:
Yellowstone province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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