Usage:
Hue Shale (AK*)
Geologic age:
Cretaceous to early Tertiary(?) (Aptian? to Paleocene?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: ridge immediately west of Hue Creek at base of Shublik Mountains, south side of Ignek Valley, in NE/4 sec. 6, T. 2 N., R. 26 E., northern AK (Molenaar and others, 1987).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Northern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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