Usage:
Shoofly oolite [informal] in Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho Group (ID)
Considered informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Pliocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type not designated. Named from exposures along Shoofly Creek, Owyhee Co., ID (Swirydczuk and others, 1979).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin
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