Usage:
Burnt River Schist (OR*)
Geologic age:
Triassic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures [also considered type locality] in Burnt River Canyon, in T. 11 and 12 S., R. 41 E., southern part of Baker [30- x 60-min] quadrangle, Baker Co., northeastern OR (Gilluly, 1937; see also Beaulieu, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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