- Usage in publication:
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- Naknek Lake Granite
- Modifications:
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- Named
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Bristol Bay basin[?]
- Alaska Peninsula province
- Alaska Southwestern region
Summary:
Pt. 1, p. 38, 39, 48. Naknek Lake Granite. Term used in discussion of Naknek Formation. Spurr (1900) considered Naknek Formation to have been derived from early Jurassic hornblende-biotite Naknek Lake Granite exposed along axis of Aleutian Range northeast of Becharof Lake. [Compiler unable to locate statement in which Spurr used formal expression "Naknek Lake Granite. "] Age is Early Jurassic.
Naknek Lake batholith is on Alaska Peninsula, southwestern AK.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1350, p. 518).
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