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Geologic Unit: Hyatt Ranch

Usage:

Hyatt Ranch Member of Tensleep Sandstone (WY)


Geologic age:

Pennsylvanian, Late
Missourian
Virgilian
Permian
Wolfcampian


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

Either side of Hyatt Ranch, on Paintrock Creek, in T. 50 N., R. 89 W., Big Horn Co., WY (Moore, 1984).


AAPG geologic province:

Bighorn basin


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

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