Usage:
Jewel Quartzite of North Snowy Group (MT)
Geologic age:
Archean, Late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Jewel Lake, 50 m downstream from Pine Creek Lake (Reid and others, 1975).
Principal reference section: ridge crest 360 m northeast of Pine Creek Lake, Beartooth Mountains, Park Co., MT (Reid and others, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Montana folded belt
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