Usage:
Eli Limestone of Baird Group (AK*)
Geologic age:
Devonian, Middle*
Devonian, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: east of north branch of Eli River (Lat. 67 deg. 47.5 min. N., Long. 161 deg. 51 min. W.) western Baird Mountains, northern AK (Tailleur and others, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Northern 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 ([ ]).