- Usage in publication:
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- Patterson Point formation*
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Ash
- Pumice
- Pyroclastics
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Aleutian Islands province
- Alaska Southwestern region
Summary:
Named after Patterson Point. Type section designated as exposure in stream cut north of 1980-ft mountain, 51 deg 57'40"N, 178 deg 30'50"E, Little Sitkin Island, Rat Islands group, Aleutian Islands, AK. Extends 2 mi northwestward from Little Sitkin volcano toward Patterson Point. Consists of: (1) lower unit of salmon-pink to grayish-white, very firmly consolidated or welded dacitic glass and pumice, and (2) upper unit of light-grayish-white to bluish-gray firmly consolidated ash and pumiceous lapilli. Is several hundred ft thick. Overlies Double Point dacite (new). Geologic map of Little Sitkin Island shows age as Quaternary.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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