Usage:
Fire Creek Siltstone Member of Ivishak Formation of Sadlerochit Group (AK*)
Geologic age:
Early Triassic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: west side of canyon of Fire Creek, north flank of Brooks Range, Lat. 69 deg. 31 min. 45 sec. N., Long. 145 deg. 13 min. 30 sec. W., northeastern AK (Detterman and others, 1975).
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.
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