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Geologic Unit: McClure Mountain

Usage:

McClure Mountain Complex (CO*)


Geologic age:

Middle Cambrian*


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

Type area: centered around McClure Mountain and northeast to Iron Mountain, T. 19 and 20 S., R. 72 and 73 W., Fremont Co., CO. Named from McClure Mountain, Fremont Co., CO (Shawe and Parker, 1967).


AAPG geologic province:

Denver 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 ([ ]).