Usage:
Renton Formation of Puget Group (WA*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene, middle*
Eocene, late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type locality]: near city of Renton, in S/2 sec. 17, SW/4 sec. 18, and E/2 sec. 19, T. 23 N., R. 5 E., Des Moines 7.5-min quadrangle, western King Co., WA (Waldron, 1962).
AAPG geologic province:
Puget Sound province*
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 ([ ]).