Usage:
Goodhue Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
Permian, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in NE/4 sec. 22, T. 25 N., R. 11 E., Kettle Rock 15-min quadrangle, northern Sierra Nevada, [Plumas Co., CA] (McMath, 1966).
Type locality: east slope of Peale Ridge immediately west of Ward Creek. Named from Goodhue homestead on Ward Creek, in NE/4 SW/4 SW/4 sec. 14, T. 25 N., R. 11 E. The building is shown on earlier topographic maps, though not on the latest (Kettle Rock, 1950) (McMath, 1966).
AAPG geologic province:
Sierra Nevada province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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