Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Tygee Sandstone of Gannett Group (ID,WY), or †Tygee Member of Bear River Formation (ID,WY), reallocated to upper sandstone member of Smiths Formation. See Smiths.)
Geologic age:
late Early Cretaceous (Albian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Tygee Creek, east of which, in T. 8 S., R. 46 E., [Sage Valley and Auburn 7.5-min quadrangles, Caribou Co., southeastern ID], the formation is well exposed (Mansfield and Roundy, 1916).
AAPG geologic province:
Green River basin
Snake River basin
Wasatch uplift
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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