Usage:
Leidy Formation (WY*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: north side of Gros Ventre River, 12 mi south-southwest of Mount Leidy, in secs. 1 and 12, T. 42 N., R. 114 W., Teton Co., WY (Love, 1994).
AAPG geologic province:
Yellowstone province*
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 ([ ]).