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Geologic Unit: Spotted Bear

Usage:

Spotted Bear Limestone Member of Jefferson Formation (MT)


Geologic age:

Late Devonian


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

Notable exposures btw. elevations of 6,880 and 7,005 feet on northwest slope of Spotted Bear Mountain, in NE/4 sec. 26, T. 25 N., R. 15 W., [Spotted Bear Mountain 7.5-min quadrangle, Flathead Co.], northwestern MT (Deiss, 1933).


AAPG geologic province:

Montana folded belt


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