Usage:
Mountain View Formation (WA)
Mountain View sand and gravel [informal] (WA)
For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Pleistocene, late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not stated. Occurs in northern part of Puget Lowland which occupies about 400 sq mi in northernmost WA between Cascade Range on east and Georgia Strait on west. [Probably named from Mountain View, Lat. 48 deg. 50 min. 53 sec. N., Long. 122 deg. 40 min. 17 sec. W., Lummi Bay 7.5-min quadrangle, Whatcom Co., northwestern WA.] (Easterbrook, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Puget Sound province
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