Usage:
Houstenaden Creek Formation (OR)
Geologic age:
Early(?) to Late Cretaceous (Albian? to Campanian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: exposures near mouth of Houstenaden Creek, about 7 mi north of Cape Ferrelo, Cape Ferrelo 15-min quadrangle, Curry Co., OR (Bourgeois and Dott, 1985).
AAPG geologic province:
Klamath Mountains province
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