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Geologic Unit: Wamsutter Rim

Usage:

Wamsutter Rim coal bed (informal) of Niland Tongue of Wasatch Formation (WY*)

Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.


Geologic age:

early Eocene*


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

Type locality not designated. Occurs along Wamsutter Rim, Sweetwater Co., WY. Named from Wamsutter Rim (Roehler and Stanton, 1992).


AAPG geologic province:

Green River 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 ([ ]).