Usage:
Mabton member (informal) of Ellensburg Formation (WA)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (middle Miocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Notable exposures west and south of Mabton, in eastern Toppenish Ridge and Horse Heaven Hills, Zillah quadrangle (scale 1:125,000), Yakima Co., south-central WA (see Laval, 1966).]
AAPG geologic province:
Eastern Columbia basin
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