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Geologic Unit: Iles

Usage:

Iles Formation of Mesaverde Group (CO*,UT)


Subunits:

(alphabetical): Corcoran Sandstone Member (CO), Cozzette Sandstone Member (CO), /Oak Creek Sandstone [Member] (CO), Rollins Sandstone Member (CO), Sego Member (CO) or Sego Sandstone Member (CO), Tow Creek Sandstone Member (CO*), Trout Creek Sandstone Member (CO*).


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous (Campanian)*


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

Not designated. Named from Iles Mountain, north of Axial Basin, Moffat Co., CO (Hancock, 1925).


AAPG geologic province:

Green River basin*
Piceance basin*
Eagle basin


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

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).