Usage:
Robinson Creek Tuff (NV*-recognized locally in Elko Co.)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Pliocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures along Jack Creek and Robinson Creek, central and northeast Jarbidge quadrangle, Elko Co., northeastern NV. Origin of name not stated, but probably named from Robinson Creek (Coats, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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