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Geologic Unit: Pilgrim

Usage:

Pilgrim Limestone of Gallatin Group (MT*,WY*)
Pilgrim Dolostone of Gallatin Group (ID*,MT*)
Pilgrim Formation (MT)


Geologic age:

Late Cambrian*


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

Type section: Dry Wolf Creek, in sec. 14, T. 14 N., R. 9 E., Judith Basin Co., MT (Deiss, 1936).


AAPG geologic province:

Bighorn basin
Central Montana uplift
Montana folded belt*
Snake River basin*
Sweetgrass arch*
Williston 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 ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).