Usage:
Wells Formation (ID*,MT*,UT*,WY*)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Late*
Chesterian*
Pennsylvanian, Early*
Pennsylvanian, Middle*
Pennsylvanian, Late*
Permian, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
North side of Wells Canyon, in T. 10 S., R. 45 E., Caribou Co., ID. Named from Wells Canyon (Richards and Mansfield, 1912).
AAPG geologic province:
Yellowstone province*
Snake River basin*
Wasatch uplift*
Green River basin*
Great Basin province*
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 ([ ]).