Usage:
Oyster Ridge Sandstone Member of Frontier Formation (UT*,WY*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Turonian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Oyster Ridge, a pronounced ridge that trends northward from Spring Gap, in T. 16 N., R. 116 W., to Burnt Bend, in T. 26 N., R. 115 and 116 W., [Lincoln Co.], southwestern WY (Veatch, 1906; 1907).
[ca. 1967, ridge btw. Spring Gap and Cumberland Gap (in T. 19 N., R. 116 W.) is now called The Hogsback, Uinta Co.]
AAPG geologic province:
Central Western Overthrust*
Green River basin*
Uinta uplift*
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 ([ ]).