Usage:
Alder Creek Tuff [informal?, unranked] in Bieroth Volcanics (ID,NV?)
Not clear if unit was intended to be formal or informal. Is considered an unranked unit.
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality not designated. Named (in unpub. MS thesis) from Alder Creek in south-central Owyhee Co., ID (Bernt and Bonnichsen, 1982).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin
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