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Geologic Unit: Solomon
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Solomon schist*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Schist
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Seward Peninsula province
    • Alaska West-Central region
Publication:

Smith, P.S., 1910, Geology and mineral resources of the Solomon and Casadepaga quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 433, 234 p., (incl. geologic maps, scale 1:62,500)


Summary:

Pg. 50-53, etc., geol. maps. Solomon schist. Highly metamorphosed quartzose and calcareous schists, with some interbedded limestones and numerous quartz veins. Included in Nome group. Of pre-Ordovician(?) age. Oldest formation in Solomon and Casadepaga quadrangles. Underlies Sowik limestone of Nome group, probably unconformably. Exposed along Solomon River, Seward Peninsula, central western Alaska.

Source: Publication; US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2025); GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).


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