Middle Canyon Formation (ID*)
Middle Canyon Formation of White Knob Group (ID,MT)
Middle Canyon Formation of Tendoy Group (MT*)
Early to Middle Mississippian (Tournaisian to Visean; Kinderhookian to Meramecian)*
Type section: near mouth of Middle Canyon, southern Lemhi Range, Butte Co., ID. Named from Middle Canyon (Huh, 1967).
Reference section: along crest of ridge, in N/2 SW/4 sec. 24, T. 9 N., R. 26 E., Butte Co., ID (Mamet and others, 1971).
Montana folded belt*
Snake River basin*
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