Usage:
Patterson Point Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: stream cut north of 1980-ft mountain, Lat. 51 deg. 57 min. 40 sec. N., Long. 178 deg. 30 min. 50 sec. E., Little Sitkin Island, Rat Islands group, Aleutian Islands, AK (Snyder, 1959).
AAPG geologic province:
Aleutian Islands 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 ([ ]).