Usage:
Staniukovich Formation (AK*-recognized locally in mountains bordering Chignik Bay, Alaska Peninsula)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Staniukovich Mountain in Herendeen Bay region, Alaska Peninsula, southwestern AK (Atwood, 1911).
Type section clarified: [Staniukovich Mountain area] in sec. 30, T. 50 S., R. 73 W., Port Moller D-2 quadrangle (scale 1:63,360), Alaska Peninsula, AK (Detterman and others, 1996).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Peninsula province*
Alaska Southwestern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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