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Geologic Unit: Rollins

Usage:

Rollins Sandstone Member of Iles Formation of Mesaverde Group (CO)
Rollins Sandstone Member of Mount Garfield Formation of Mesaverde Group (CO*)
Rollins Sandstone Member of Mesaverde Formation (CO*)


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous (Campanian)*


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

Not designated. Named from Rollins Mine, Delta Co., CO (Lee, 1909).


AAPG geologic province:

Piceance basin*
Eagle 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 ([ ]).