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Geologic Unit: Yonna

Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Yonna Formation (OR) reallocated to several unnamed units.)

Age:
Tertiary
Miocene, latest to Pliocene, early
Geologic Province:
Great Basin province

Areal Extent:
OR(sc)


Type Locality:
Along west side of Yonna Valley, in T. 38 S., R. 11 1/2 E., Klamath Co., OR (Newcomb, 1958).

Unit Name History:
Named (Newcomb, 1958).
Age modified (Pickthorn and Sherrod, 1990).
Abandoned (Sherrod and Pickthorn, in press).

Note: If you need more information, please contact Nancy Stamm (nstamm@usgs.gov).
Asterisks (*) indicate usage by the U.S. Geological Survey. Other usages by state geological surveys.

"No current usage" implies that a name has been abandoned or that it has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ().

Slashes (/) indicate unit name usage violates the 1983 North American Stratigraphic Code. This violation may be explained within brackets ([ ]).






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Last modified: 7-Jan-2007