Usage:
Land Creek Formation of Dove Creek Group (ID)
Geologic age:
Cambrian
Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposed in Albion Range, between saddle 1.8 mi north of Mount Harrison [in E/2 sec. 32, T. 12 S., R. 24 E.] and basin of Land Creek on west side of range [in E/2 sec. 1, T. 13 S., R. 23 E., secs. 6 and 7, T. 13 S., R. 24 E.], Cassia Co., ID. Named from exposures near Land Creek (Armstrong, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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