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Geologic Unit: Inyo Creek

Usage:

Inyo Creek Formation of Lemhi Group (ID*)


Geologic age:

Mesoproterozoic*


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

Type area: head of Inyo Creek, in T. 14 N., R. 24 E., Patterson quadrangle, Lemhi Range, Lemhi Co., ID. Named from Inyo Creek (Ruppel, 1975).


AAPG geologic province:

Northern Rocky Mountain region*
Idaho Mountains province*


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 ([ ]).