Usage:
Buck Creek felsite tuff (informal) in Officer Member of Trowbridge Formation (OR)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not stated. Buck Creek is in Izee area, Grant Co., OR (Dickinson, 1962).
AAPG geologic province:
Blue Mountains province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).