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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