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Geologic Unit: Tullock

Usage:

Tullock Member of Fort Union Formation (MT*,SD?,WY*)
Tullock Formation of Fort Union Group (MT)
Tullock Formation (ND?)


Subunits:

FORMATION STATUS (alphabetical) --all in MT: Collins Ranch Member, Nelson Ranch Member.


Geologic age:

early Tertiary (early Paleocene)*


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

Named from exposures in valley of Tullock Creek, [in T. 3 N., R. 35 E., Treasure Co.], southeastern MT (Rogers and Lee, 1923).


AAPG geologic province:

Central Montana uplift*
Powder River basin*
Williston 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 ([ ]).