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Geologic Unit: Murphy

Usage:

Murphy Member of Snake Creek Formation of Ogallala Group (NE-recognized locally in type area)


Geologic age:

late Tertiary (Miocene; Clarendonian NALMA)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: near the Murphy Ranch, on northeast side of Matthew's (Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., v. 50, art. 2, p. 63, fig. 1, 1924) "Olcott Hill," in NE/4 SW/4 SE/4 sec. 3, T. 25 N., R. 55 W., [University Lake NW 7.5-min quadrangle], Sioux Co., northwestern NE. Named from James Murphy Ranch (Skinner and others, 1977).


AAPG geologic province:

Denver basin


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