Usage:
Lincoln Porphyry (CO*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Paleocene or Eocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from development around Mount Lincoln, [north of Alma, Park Co., central CO] (Emmons, 1882).
AAPG geologic province:
Eagle basin*
South Park basin*
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 ([ ]).