Usage:
Laramie anorthosite complex [informal] (WY)
Laramie Anorthosite [informal] (WY)
Also called Laramie anorthosite-syenite complex (informal) in some reports.
Considered informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic**
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Exposed in southern Laramie Mountains, southeastern WY, from approx. Lat. 41 deg. 30 min. N. to Lat. 41 deg. 52.5 min. N., and Long. 105 deg. 10 min. W. to Long. 105 deg. 25 min. W.]
AAPG geologic province:
Southern Rocky Mountain region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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