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  • Usage in publication:
    • Whitestone Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Conglomerate
    • Sandstone
    • Tuff
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Okanogan province
Publication:

Marjaniemi, D.K., and Robins, J.W., 1975, Uranium favorability of Tertiary sedimentary rocks of the western Okanogan Highlands and upper Columbia River Valley, Washington: Lucius Pitkin, Inc., 64 p., Prepared for the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration


Summary:

Unit is named the Whitestone Formation. Consists of gray basal conglomerate, yellow tuffaceous sandstone, and green crystal tuff. Thickness is 390 m. Overlies the Anarchist Group; underlies andesite. Age is Tertiary. (B1520)

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


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