Usage:
Cash Creek Quartzite (ID*)
Geologic age:
Early(?) or Middle Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in steep cliffs on west side of Squaw Creek [now Paasasikwana Naokwaide], about 0.25 mi south of mouth of Cash Creek, [in NE/4 sec. 29, T. 12 N., R. 17 E., approx. Lat. 44 deg. 20 min. 40 sec. N., Long. 114 deg. 28 min. 50 sec. W., Clayton 7.5-min quadrangle (2023 ed.), Salmon-Challis National Forest], Custer Co., central ID. Named from Cash Creek (Hobbs and others, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Idaho Mountains province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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