Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Shale Wall Member of Seabee Formation of †Colville Group (AK*) reallocated to Seabee Formation. See Seabee.)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Shale Wall Bluff on west bank of Nanushuk River, between sec. 2, T. 5 S., R. 5 E. and sec. 35, T. 4 S., R. 5 E., at Camp W-June 25-47, about 35 mi southeast of Umiat, [approx. Lat. 69 deg. 03 min. N., Long. 150 deg. 53 min. W.], Chandler River region, northern AK (Detterman and others, 1963; Mull and others, 2003).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Northern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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