Usage:
Webb Canyon Gneiss (WY*)
Geologic age:
Late Archean*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Lower parts of cliffs on northwest side of Moose Creek, in lower part of Webb Canyon, 1.9 mi S. 78 deg. E. of Owl Peak, Teton Co., WY (Reed and Zartman, 1973).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Rocky Mountain region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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