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Geologic Unit: Phantom Lake

Usage:

Phantom Lake Metamorphic Suite (WY*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in WY*: Bow Quartzite, Bridger Peak Quartzite, Colberg Metavolcanics, Conical Peak Quartzite, Jack Creek Quartzite, Rock Mountain Conglomerate, Silver Lake Metavolcanics, Stud Creek Volcaniclastics.


Geologic age:

Late Archean*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not designated. Best exposed in T. 16 and 17 N., R. 79 W., Carbon Co., WY (Karlstrom and Houston, 1979).


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 ([ ]).