Usage:
Washakie Point Till (WY*)
Washakie Point glaciation (informal) (WY*)
For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Bluff on Cedar Ridge below a small promontory 2,000 ft east of Washakie Point, SE/4 SE/4 sec. 29, T. 3 N., R. 3 W., Fremont Co., WY (Richmond, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
Wind River basin*
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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 ([ ]).