Usage:
Wild Sheep Creek Formation of Seven Devils Group (ID*,OR*)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Middle*
Ladinian*
Triassic, Late*
Karnian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: at spur north of Saddle Creek, either in[?] or across[?] Snake River, at 425-900 m elevation, either in NE/4 sec. 20[?] or 30[?], T. 24 N., R. 2 W., He-Devil 15-min quadrangle, either in Wallowa Co., OR[?] or Adams Co., ID[?]. Named from Wild Sheep Creek (Vallier, 1977).
Reference section designated in Snake River Canyon, near north edge of Deadhorse Ridge 7.5-min quadrangle, Wallowa Co., OR (Vallier, 1977).
[Discrepancy in GNU records (USGS DDS-6) concerning location of type section. --unresolved.]
AAPG geologic province:
Eastern Columbia basin*
Blue Mountains province*
Columbia basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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