Usage:
Neslen Formation of Mesaverde Group (CO*,UT*)
Neslen Member of Price River Formation of Mesaverde Group (UT)
Subunits:
FORMATION STATUS (alphabetical): Bluecastle Sandstone Member (UT*), Sulphur Canyon Sandstone Bed (UT*) or Sulphur Canyon Sandstone Member (UT*), Thompson Canyon Sandstone Bed (UT*).
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Campanian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from Neslen Canyon, in T. 20 S., R. 20 E., Grand Co., UT (Fisher, 1936).
Type [principal reference] section designated in Sego Canyon, in secs. 3, 15, 28, and 33, T. 20 S., R. 20 E., Grand Co., UT (Franczyk and others, 1990).
AAPG geologic province:
Paradox basin*
Piceance 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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