Usage:
Milky River Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Pliocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Northeast spur of unnamed mountain (in secs. 14, 15, and 22, T. 48 S., R. 69 W.), 12 km east of Bear Lake, central Alaska Peninsula (Detterman and others, 1981).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Peninsula 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 ([ ]).