Usage:
Meeker Sandstone Member of Mancos Shale (CO*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated (Konishi, 1959).
Type section: along an escarpment, about 4 mi northwest of Meeker, SE/4 sec. 6, T. 1 N., R. 93 W., Rio Blanco Co., CO (Dyni and Cullins, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin*
Piceance basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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