Usage:
Wachsmuth Limestone of Lisburne Group (AK*)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Early*
Mississippian, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (composite): south face of Mount Wachsmuth [ Lat. 68 deg. 19 min. 20 sec. N., Long. 150 deg. 54 min. 30 sec. W.], along west slope of Mount Wachsmuth, and up south face of Sugarloaf Hill [Lat. 68 deg. 19 min. 20 sec. N., Long. 150 deg. 53 min. 15 sec. W.] central Brooks Range, northern AK (Bowsher and Dutro, 1957).
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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