Usage:
Lazeart Sandstone Member of Adaville Formation (WY*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from its typcial exposures near the Lazeart coal mine [located along Albert Creek, about 1 mi northwest of The Boilers and southwest of intersection of I-80 and U.S. Highway 189, in sec. 8, T. 15 N., R. 118 W., Ragan 7.5-min quadrangle], Uinta Co., southwestern WY (Veatch, 1907).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin*
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