Usage:
Goat Creek Formation (WA)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: East end of drainage divide between Isabella Ridge and Sunrise Peak, in sec. 4, T. 37 N., R. 20 E., and sec. 33, T. 38 N., R. 20 E., Mazama 15-min quadrangle, Okanogan Co., WA (Barksdale, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Cascade Range-Okanagan province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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