Usage:
No current usage.
(†Tanana Schist (AK) abandoned and replaced with †Birch Creek Schist [later abandoned].)
Geologic age:
Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Well exposed along Tanana River, eastern AK (US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3819).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska East-Central 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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