Usage:
McIntosh Formation (WA*)
Subunits:
Tenino Sandstone [Member] (WA).
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene, middle*
Eocene, late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: in central and southeastern parts of T. 16 N., R. 1 W., and extending into northern parts of secs. 2 and 3, T. 15 N., R. 1 W., Thurston Co., southwestern WA (Snavely and others, 1951).
AAPG geologic province:
Oregon-Washington Coast Ranges province
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 ([ ]).