Usage:
Lionshead Dolomite Member of Minturn Formation (CO)
reef dolomite of Lionshead (informal) in clastic unit C (informal) of Minturn Formation (CO)
For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from a prominent feature known as the Lionshead in cliffs above Minturn, south of Gore River along U.S. Highway 24, Eagle Co., CO (Walker, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
Eagle basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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