Usage:
Tie Gulch Member of Manitou Formation (CO)
Tie Gulch Dolomite Member of Manitou Formation (CO)
Geologic age:
Early Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in walls of Tie Gulch at east end of U.S. Highway 6 bridge over Tie Gulch, which enters Glenwood Canyon near center sec. 15, T. 5 S., R. 87 W., Garfield Co., CO (Bass and Northrop, 1953).
AAPG geologic province:
Piceance basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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