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Geologic Unit: Neeley

Usage:

Neeley Formation (ID*)


Geologic age:

middle Pliocene*


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

Bluffs of Snake River in vicinity of village of Neeley, 5 mi southwest of American Falls, Power Co., ID. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from village of Neeley (Stearns, 1936, Table 1).


AAPG geologic province:

Snake River 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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Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).