Usage:
Goodwin Limestone of Pogonip Group (NV*)
Geologic age:
Early Ordovician*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
On either side of Goodwin Canyon just east of Hill 7708 of Eureka mining district quadrangle, where limestone is well exposed. Also recognized in Antelope Valley area. Named from Goodwin Canyon, east-central NV (Nolan and others, 1956).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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