Usage:
Little Sitkin Dacite (AK*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in AK*: Pratt Point Member, West Cove Member.
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: crater rim of Little Sitkin Volcano, Lat. 51 deg. 57 min. 02 sec. N., Long. 178 deg. 32 min. 57 sec. E., Little Sitkin Island, Rat Islands group, Aleutian Islands, AK (Snyder, 1959).
AAPG geologic province:
Aleutian Islands province*
Alaska Southwestern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).