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Geologic Unit: Chilikadrotna

Usage:

Chilikadrotna Greenstone (AK*)


Geologic age:

late Silurian*


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

Unnamed hills north of Chilikadrotna River, in T. 6 N., R. 30 and 31 W., near center of Lake Clark quadrangle, southern AK (Nelson and others, 1983).
Named from Chilikadrotna River, southern AK (Bundtzen, and others, 1979).


AAPG geologic province:

Alaska Southwestern 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 ([ ]).