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Geologic Unit: Eagle Gorge

Usage:

No current usage?
(†Eagle Gorge Andesite of Keechelus Group (WA) considered abandoned? Uncertain if used by the WA Geol. Survey. Not used by the USGS.)


Geologic age:

Eocene, late


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

Not stated. Occurs in west-central Cascade Range, WA. Origin of name not stated (Hammond, 1964).


AAPG geologic province:

Eastern Columbia basin[?]


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 ([ ]).