Usage:
No current usage.
(†Enochkin Formation (AK) replaced with Tuxedni Sandstone [now Tuxedni Group] and Chinitna Shale. See Tuxedni and Chinitna.)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not synopsized to date. Named from typical exposures on east shore of Enochkin Bay, lower Cook Inlet, southwestern AK (Stanton and Martin, 1905)
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southwestern region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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