Usage:
St. George Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Pliocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures in sea cliff at Point St. George, Del Norte Co., northwestern CA. Crops out for about 1.5 mi south from Point St. George along Pebble Beach and for a short distance to north of Point St. George (Maxson, 1933).
AAPG geologic province:
Klamath Mountains province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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