Usage:
Ramsey Ranch Member of Wasatch Formation (WY)
Geologic age:
early Eocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in valley of Sage Creek, in secs. 13, 14, 22, and 23, T. 14 N., R. 105 W., about 2 mi south of Ramsey Ranch buildings, Sweetwater Co., WY. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from Ramsey Ranch (Roehler, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin
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