Usage:
/Buck Mountain Formation of Newby Group (WA)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Buck Mountain Granite by Bradley (1956) in WY.]
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: 1.6 km east of summit of Buck Mountain, at Buck Lake, in sec. 22, T. 36 N., R. 21 E., to ridge separating Second and Third Creeks, in sec. 29, T. 36 N., R. 21 E., Okanogan Co., WA (Barksdale, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Cascade Range-Okanagan province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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