Usage:
Casadepaga Schist of Nome Complex (AK*)
Geologic age:
Ordovician*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Covers 100 sq mi in Solomon and Casadepaga quadrangles, one belt along eastern part, the other along western part, Seward Peninsula, central western AK (Smith, 1910).
[Type area: Casadepaga quadrangle, which is named from Casadepaga Creek] (GNC index card files, 1909-1936).]
AAPG geologic province:
Seward Peninsula province*
Alaska West-Central region*
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