Usage:
No current usage.
(†Tower Sandstone Lentil of Green River Formation (WY) same as part of Laney Shale Member of the Green River Formation. See Laney.)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Eocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Forms tops of weathered rock masses in vicinity of town of Green River, Sweetwater Co., WY, known as The Towers (Powell, 1876; Bradley, 1926).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin
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