Usage:
No current usage.
(†Tiglukpuk Formation (AK) abandoned.)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along cutbanks on east side of Tiglukpuk Creek, a tributary of the Siksikpuk River, between Lat. 68 deg. 22 min. N. and 68 deg. 22 min. 30 sec. N., Long. 151 deg. [50 min.? or 54 min? W.], northern AK (Patton, 1956).
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.
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