Usage:
McNamara Formation of Missoula Group of Belt Supergroup (MT*)
McNamara Formation of Belt Supergroup (MT*)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along Blackfoot River near McNamara's Landing, Missoula Co., MT (Clapp and Deiss, 1931).
Reference section: Camp Creek section, along crest of the ridge parallel to and northwest of Camp Creek, in secs. 22, 28, and 33, T. 20 N., R. 12 W., Lewis and Clark Range, Powell Co., MT (McGill and Sommers, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Rocky Mountain region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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