Usage:
McKenzie Canyon Limestone of Tendoy Group (MT*)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Early*
Osagean*
Mississippian, Late*
Meramecian, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: north side of Bell Canyon, in sec. 17, T. 11 S., R. 10 W., Tendoy Mountains, Kidd 7.5-min quadrangle, Beaverhead Co., MT. Named from exposures in McKenzie Canyon. (Sando and others, 1985).
AAPG geologic province:
Montana folded belt*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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