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Geologic Unit: Wolf Canyon

Usage:

Wolf Canyon Quartz Diorite (WA)


Geologic age:

Cretaceous


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Exposures south of Wolf Canyon, on east side of the Methow Valley, in T. 34 and 35 N., R. 22 and 23 E., Okanogan Co., WA (Menzer, 1983).


AAPG geologic province:

Northern Cascade Range-Okanagan province


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