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Geologic Unit: Creston
Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Creston Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Northern Rocky Mountain region
Publication:

Harrison, J.E., 1972, Precambrian Belt basin of northwestern United States; its geometry, sedimentation and copper occurrences: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 83, no. 5, p. 1215-1240.


Summary:

Used in the Dewar Creek and Nelson Areas, B.C., in Northern Rocky Mountain region. Stratigraphic position and correlation with other Precambrian formations of the Belt Supergroup of the U.S. (also in Northern Rocky Mountain region) and in the Purcell Supergroup in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada shown in figures 4, 5, and 8.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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