Usage:
Otter Point Formation (OR*)
Geologic age:
late Late Jurassic to early Early Cretaceous (Tithonian to Berriasian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: measured at Otter Point, in NE/4 sec. 13, T. 36 S., R. 15 W., Gold Beach 15-min quadrangle, Curry Co., southwestern OR. Otter Point is a promontory about 3 mi north of Gold Beach, Curry Co., southwestern OR Coast (Koch, 1966).
Reference sections: measured at Nesika Beach, in SE/4 sec. 36, T. 35 S., R. 15 W., and near Miller Creek, in southeast corner sec. 28, T. 35 S., R. 14 W., [Port Orford 15-min quadrangle, Curry Co., southwestern OR] (Koch, 1966).
AAPG geologic province:
Oregon-Washington Coast Ranges province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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