Usage:
[/?] Salmon Creek Volcanics (ID)
Geologic age:
Tertiary, early
Oligocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type exposures: measured sections along east-flowing reach of Salmon Creek, in NE/4 sec. 29, T. 2 S., R. 4 W., Owyhee Co., ID. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from Salmon Creek (McIntyre, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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