Usage:
Yaquina Formation (OR*-local)
Yaquina Sandstone (OR*-local)
Recognized along northwestern coast between between Newport and Yachats.
Geologic age:
Miocene, early*
Oligocene, late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated in original description (Harrison and Eaton [consulting firm], 1920). Schenck (1928) interpreted type locality to be near village of Yaquina, near Newport, Lincoln Co., northwestern OR.
Beaulieu (1971) states type locality is at Yaquina Bay, northwestern OR.
AAPG geologic province:
Western Columbia basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).