Usage:
Pipestone Canyon Formation (WA)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Paleocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Pipestone Canyon, 5 mi northeast of Twisp, in secs. 15, 22, and 27, T. 34 N., R. 22 E., 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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