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Geologic Unit: Coronados

Usage:

Coronados Volcanics (AK*)


Geologic age:

Middle Devonian*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Exposures along eastern part of Coronados Islands at entrance to Port St. Nicholas, on west coast of Prince of Whales Island [Lat. 55 deg. 25 min. N., Long. 133 deg. 10 min. W.] southeast AK (Eberlein and Churkin, 1970).


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 ([ ]).