Usage:
Noatak Sandstone of Endicott Group (AK*)
Geologic age:
Devonian, Late*
Mississippian, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Noatak basin, AK (Smith, 1913).
Type section: exposures on mountain side 7.2 km N. 15 deg. W. of junction of Nimiuktuk and Noatak Rivers, [Lat. 68 deg. 11 min. N., Long. 159 deg. 58 min. W.] Misheguk Mountain quadrangle, Brooks Range, AK (Dutro, 1952).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Northern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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