Usage:
Chapin Peak Formation of Hyd Group (AK*)
Chapin Peak Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Chapin Peak-Downdraft Lake area, in secs. 12 and 13, T. 77 S., R. 90 E., southern Gravina Island, southeastern AK (Berg, 1973).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southeastern region*
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 ([ ]).