Usage:
No current usage.
(†La Plata Group, †La Plata Formation, or †La Plata Sandstone (CO,NM,UT) abandoned and replaced with Morrison Formation and Entrada Sandstone. See Morrison and Entrada.)
Geologic age:
Late Jurassic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from extensive development in La Plata Mountains, La Plata Co., CO (Cross and Purington, 1898).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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