Usage:
Kongakut Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: north flank of Bathtub Ridge 15.8 km (9.2 mi) S. 85 deg. W. of mouth of Cottonwood Creek, Lat. 69 deg. 06 min. 30 sec. N., Long. 142 deg. 17 min. W., northeastern AK (Detterman and others, 1975).
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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