Juniper Gulch Member of Snaky Canyon Formation (ID*)
Pennsylvanian, Late*
Missourian*
Virgilian*
Permian, Early*
Wolfcampian*
Type section (=type section of Gallagher Peak Member); incomplete, beds overturned: about halfway between Snaky Canyon and Juniper Gulch, in sec. 21, T. 9 N., R. 32 E., [in vicinity of Lat. 44 deg. 05 min. 26 sec. N., Long. 112 deg. 42 min. 22 sec. W.], Snaky Canyon 7.5-min quadrangle, [Targhee National Forest], Clark Co., ID. Named from Juniper Gulch, less than 1 mi south of type section, [Lat. 44 deg. 04 min. 46 sec. N., Long. 112 deg. 42 min. 22 sec. W.], Snaky Canyon 7.5-min quadrangle, [Targhee National Forest], Clark Co., ID (Skipp and others, 1979).
Snake River basin*
Idaho Mountains province*
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