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Geologic Unit: Robertson

Usage:

Robertson Formation of Mowich Group (OR*)


Geologic age:

Jurassic, Early*


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

Type area: along headwaters of South Fork of Beaver Creek, 7 mi southeast of Suplee Post Office, in secs. 26, 27, 28, and 29, T. 18 S., R. 26 E., Crook Co., east-central OR. Named from Robertson Ranch, in sec. 28, T. 18 S., R. 26 E., Crook Co., east-central OR (Lupher, 1941).


AAPG geologic province:

Eastern Columbia 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 ([ ]).