Usage:
Newland Limestone of Belt Supergroup (ID*,MT*)
Newland Formation of Belt Supergroup (ID*,MT*)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: on Newland Creek, 10 mi north of White Sulphur Springs, Meagher Co., between Big Belt and Little Belt Mountains, western central MT (Walcott, 1899).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Rocky Mountain region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).