Usage:
Whitestone Formation (WA)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: along Okanogan River, Tonasket area, Okanogan Co., WA. Measured sections at Tonasket, in sec. 5, T. 37 N., R. 27 E., and Whitestone Mountain, in sec. 30, T. 38 N., R. 27 E. (Marjaniemi and Robins, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Northern Cascade Range-Okanagan province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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