Usage:
Granite Canyon Till (AK)
Granite Canyon Formation (AK)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene, late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposed for 30 m along northwest side of Granite Canyon, 1.1 km northeast of mouth of Granite River, Lat. 58 deg. 55 min. 00 sec. N., Long. 135 deg. 50 min. 00 sec. W., on north shore of Adams Inlet (McKenzie, 1970).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southeastern region
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