Usage:
Dutch Creek Formation (Canada)
Uncertain if this unit extends into the U.S.
Geologic age:
late Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name: (See Canadian Lexicon)
Not designated. Named from exposures along Dutch Creek, from Lat. 50 deg. 18 min. to 50 deg. 22 min. N., and from Long. 115 deg. 56 min. to 116 deg. 05 min. W., Windermere area, British Columbia, Canada (Walker, 1926).
AAPG geologic province:
not stated
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