Usage:
[/?] Windy Gap Volcanic Member of Middle Park Formation (CO*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: on north side of U.S. Highway 40 at Windy Gap, 4 mi west of Granby. Section measured in NE/4 sec. 27, T. 1 N., R. 77 W., Grand Co., northwestern CO. Named from Windy Gap (Izett and others, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
North Park basin*
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