Usage:
Nightingale Member of Wasatch Formation (WY)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in N/2 sec. 17, NE/4 sec. 18, and SE/4 sec. 7, T. 18 N., R. 105 W., 2 mi northeast of Nightingale compressor station on Mountain Fuel Supply Company natural gas pipeline, for which unit is probably named, Sweetwater Co., WY (Roehler, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin
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 ([ ]).