Usage:
Davis Spring Formation (NV*)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Early*
late Kinderhookian* or Osagean(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: About 3 km northwest of upper Davis Spring in SE/4 sec. 20, T. 16 N., R. 51 E., northern Antelope Range, Eureka Co., NV. Named from Upper Davis Spring, which is 3 km SE of type section (Hose and others, 1982).
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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