Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Chetco Formation (CA,OR) reallocated to part of Dothan Formation. Macklyn and Winchuck members retained as members of Dothan Formation. See Dothan.)
Geologic age:
Jurassic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not synopsized to date. Chetco River and Chetco Peak are in Curry Co., OR (Widmier, 1963)
AAPG geologic province:
Western Columbia basin
Klamath Mountains province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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