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Geologic Unit: Summit-Frazer

Usage:

/Summit-Frazer Trondhjemitic Gneiss (WA)


Geologic age:

pre-Mississippian


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

Type area: roadcuts along the Loup Loup Pass Highway (WA Highway 20), T. 33 and 34 N., R. 23 and 24 E., western part of the Okanogan Range, Okanogan Co., WA. Named from Summit and Frazer Creeks (Menzer, 1983).


AAPG geologic province:

Northern Cascade Range-Okanagan province


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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