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Geologic Unit: Magill

Usage:

Magill Member of Trowbridge Formation (OR)


Geologic age:

Jurassic, Middle


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type area: exposures in NE/4 sec. 32, T. 17 N., R. 28 E., Suplee-Izee area, Grant Co., east-central OR. Named from Magill Creek (Dickinson and Vigrass, 1965).


AAPG geologic province:

Blue Mountains province


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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