Usage:
Panther Creek Formation (WA)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: measured in W/2 sec. 9 and E/2 sec. 8, T. 37 N., R. 21 E., [Lat. 48 deg. 43 min. 28 sec. N., Long. 120 deg. 21 min. 65 sec. W.], in northern part of Mazama 15-min quadrangle, Okanogan Co., WA (Barksdale, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Cascade Range-Okanagan province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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