Usage:
Mission Creek Granodiorite (WA*)
Geologic age:
Cretaceous or Eocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Road-gravel quarry, about 0.5 mi north of Route 10A and about 3 mi east of Omak, in SW/4 sec. 32, T. 34 N., R. 27 E., Omak Lake 15-min quadrangle, Okanogan Co., WA. Named from exposures along Mission Creek, Omak Lake 15-min quadrangle (Goodge and Hansen, 1994).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Cascade Range-Okanagan province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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