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Geologic Unit: Lyons Valley

Usage:

Lyons Valley Member of Popo Agie Formation (CO*?,WY*)


Geologic age:

Triassic, Late*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: SE/4 sec. 13 and SW/4 sec. 12, T. 32 N., R. 99 W., Fremont Co., WY (Pipiringos, 1968).


AAPG geologic province:

Wind River 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 ([ ]).