Usage:
Kemik Sandstone Member of Kongakut Formation (AK*)
Kemik Sandstone (AK*-recognized locally in subsurface of Sadlerochit Mountains area)
Subunits:
FORMATION STATUS: Ignek Valley Member (AK), Marsh Creek Member (AK) [neither adopted by USGS].
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on east side of Kemik Creek, between Lat. 69 deg. 24 min. and 69 deg. 25 min. N., Shaviovik and Sagavanirktok Rivers region, northern Brooks Range, northeastern AK (Keller and others, 1961).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Northern region*
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