Usage:
No current usage.
(†McElmo Formation (CO,NM,UT) replaced with Morrison Formation. See Morrison.)
Geologic age:
Late Jurassic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures on McElmo Creek, Montezuma Co., southwestern CO, and [San Juan Co.], southeastern UT (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Paradox basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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