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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