Usage:
Blankenship Member of Otuk Formation of Etivluk Group (AK*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Early*
Jurassic, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: cutbanks along west-flowing tributary of Blankenship Creek, south side of Lisburne Ridge, in NE/4 sec. 36, T. 9 S., R. 21 W., Umiat Principal Meridian, Howard Pass quadrangle (scale 1:250,000), northern AK (Mull and others, 1982).
Principal reference section: bluff on Otuk Creek, in SE/4 sec. 31, T. 10 S., R. 16 W., Killik River quadrangle (scale 1:250,000), northern AK (Mull and others, 1982).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Northern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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