Usage:
Indian Creek Gneiss (WA)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not stated. Crops out north of outlet of Clear Lake, forming Kamiakan Butte, and along east side of Indian Creek at west end of Russell Ridge, Yakima Co., WA. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from Indian Creek (Ellingson, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
Cascades province
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