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Geologic Unit: Kurry Creek

Usage:

No current usage.
(†Kurry Creek Member of Doyle Creek Formation (ID*) abandoned. Upper part reallocated to Coon Hollow Formation and lowermost part reallocated to undivided Doyle Creek Formation. See Coon Hollow and Doyle Creek.)


Geologic age:

Triassic, Late*
Karnian, late*
Norian, early*
Norian, middle*


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

Type section: spur southeast of West Creek from 465 m elevation to top of ridge, in NE/4 SE/4 sec. 29, T. 27 N., R. 1 W., Grave Point 7.5-min quadrangle, Idaho Co., ID (Vallier, 1977).


AAPG geologic province:

Idaho Mountains province*
Blue Mountains province
Snake River 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 ([ ]).