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Geologic Unit: Windy Point

Usage:

Windy Point Granite (CO*)


Geologic age:

Mesoproterozoic*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not designated. Forms summit of Pikes Peak and small areas along ridge extending southeast to Windy Point, in sec. 20, T. 14 S., R. 68 W., El Paso Co., CO (Finlay, 1916).


AAPG geologic province:

Southern Rocky Mountain region*


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 ([ ]).