Usage:
Shooting Iron Formation (WY*-recognized locally in Jackson Hole and Gros Ventre Range areas)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Pliocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in sec. 19, T. 40 N., R. 116 W., Teton Co., WY. Named from Shooting Iron Ranch which is adjacent to measured type section (Love, 1989).
Reference sections: (1) Botcher Hill, in sec. 11, T. 41 N., R. 116 W.; (2) Boyle Ditch, in SE/4 sec. 25, T. 42 N., R. 116 W.; (3) Old Miller Cabin, in sec. 25, T. 42 N., R. 115 W.; and (4) Granite Creek Divide, in NE/4 Turquoise Lake 7.5-min quadrangle, at 10,000 ft elevation (Love, 1989).
AAPG geologic province:
Yellowstone province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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