Usage:
Malad Basalt of Snake River Group (ID*)
Geologic age:
Pleistocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: forms cliff 400 +/-ft high near Malad power plant in Malad Canyon [now Malad Gorge] at mouth of Big Wood River [now Malad River], [in SE/4 NW/4 NW/4 sec. 35, T. 6 S., R. 13 E., approx. Lat. 42 deg. 51 min. 45 sec. N., Long., 114 deg. 53 min. 12 sec. W., Hagerman 7.5-min quadrangle], Gooding Co., southern ID. Named from Malad Canyon (Stearns, 1936; Stearns and others, 1938).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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