Gold Hill Loess (AK*)
Quaternary
Pleistocene*
Type section: exposures in north wall of Gold Hill mining cut on Gold Hill, 10 km west of Fairbanks, in SW/4 sec. 3, T. 1 S., R. 2 W., Fairbanks D-2 quadrangle (scale 1:63,360), AK (Pewe, 1965).
Alaska East-Central region*
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