Usage:
Nugget Sandstone (CO*,ID*,UT*,WY*)
Subunits:
Bell Springs Member (CO*,WY*).
Geologic age:
Triassic(?) and Early Jurassic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Nugget Station, on Oregon Short Line, [a few mi west of Fossil, in SW/4 sec. 4, T. 21 N., R. 118 W., Nugget 7.5-min quadrangle, Lincoln Co.], southwestern Wyoming, at and near which the beds are well exposed (Veatch, 1907).
AAPG geologic province:
Central Western Overthrust*
Denver basin*
Green River basin*
Snake River basin*
Wind River basin*
Yellowstone province*
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 ( ).
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