Usage:
Monroe Canyon Limestone of Chesterfield Range Group (ID*,UT*)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: at approx. 6,200 ft elevation on northwest-trending spur, in NW/4 sec. 20, T. 7 S., R. 40 E., Bannock Co., ID. Named from Monroe Canyon in secs. 32 and 33, T. 7 S., R. 40 E. (Dutro and Sando, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin*
Wasatch uplift*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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