Usage:
Red Peak Formation of Chugwater Group (CO*,WY*)
Red Peak Member of Chugwater Formation (CO*,WY*)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from Red Peak, a few mi east of Red Creek, in southern Washakie Range, Fremont Co., WY (Love, 1939).
AAPG geologic province:
Wind River basin*
Green River basin*
North Park basin*
Bighorn 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 ([ ]).