Usage:
Ventura Member of Midnight Peak Formation (WA)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Lucky Jim Bluff, 9 mi northwest of Winthrop on west side of Methow Valley, in parts of secs. 8, 9, 16 and 17, T. 35 N., R. 20 E., Mazama 15-min quadrangle, Okanogan Co., WA (Barksdale, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Cascade Range-Okanagan province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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