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Geologic Unit: Red Draw

Usage:

Red Draw Member of Jelm Formation (CO*,WY*)


Geologic age:

Triassic, Late*


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

Type section: in NW/4 NW/4 sec. 25 and NE/4 sec. 26, T. 24 N., R. 80 W., Carbon Co., WY. Named from Red Draw, Carbon Co., WY (Pipiringos, 1968).


AAPG geologic province:

Green River basin*
Denver basin*


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 ([ ]).