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Geologic Unit: Skajit

Usage:

Skajit Limestone of Baird Group (AK*)


Geologic age:

Silurian* (local)
Devonian, Early(?)*
Devonian, Middle(?)*
Devonian, Late*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type area: John River, Skajit Mountains, Endicott Range, northern AK (Brosge, 1960).


AAPG geologic province:

Alaska Northern 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 ([ ]).