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Geologic Unit: American Creek

Usage:

American Creek Granite (AK)


Geologic age:

Mesozoic(?)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality not stated. Inmachik map area covers 110 sq mi in northern Seward Peninsula, 10 mi north of Kotzebue Sound and 25 mi southwest of Deering, Seward Peninsula (Herreid, 1966).


AAPG geologic province:

Alaska West-Central region


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