Usage:
Pocatello Formation (ID*,UT*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): /Bannock Volcanic Member (ID*,UT), Scout Mountain Member (ID*).
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from town of Pocatello, Bannock Co., ID (Ludlum, 1942).
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 ([ ]).