Usage:
Rising Wolf Member of Appekunny Argillite (MT-recognized locally in Glacier National Park and adjacent areas, Glacier Co.)
Rising Wolf Member of Grinnell Formation of Ravalli Group of Purcell Supergroup (Canada)
(Purcell Supergroup of Canada = Belt Supergroup of U.S.)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Origin of name not stated by authors, but probably named from Rising Wolf Mountain in Glacier National Park, MT (Fenton and Fenton, 1931).
Type locality: on southern slopes of Rising Wolf Mountain in Glacier National Park, MT (Fenton and Fenton, 1937).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Rocky Mountain region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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