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Geologic Unit: Sloane Peak

Usage:

Sloane Peak Member of State Bridge Formation (CO*)


Geologic age:

Triassic, Early*


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

Type section: in SE/4 SW/4 sec. 15, T. 8 S., R. 86 W., Pitkin Co., CO. Named from exposures capping Sloane Peak, Woody Creek quadrangle, CO (Freeman, 1971).


AAPG geologic province:

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 ([ ]).