Usage:
Ely Springs Dolomite (CA*,ID*, NV*,UT*)
Ely Springs Dolostone (CA*,ID*,NV*,UT*)
Ely Springs Limestone (CA*)
Ely Springs Dolomite is preferred usage of the NV Geol. Survey.
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Barn Hills Member (NV,UT), Floride Member (NV,UT*), Ibex Member (NV,UT), Lost Canyon Member (NV,UT).
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician to early Silurian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures in Ely Springs Range, Pioche region, NV (Westgate and Knopf, 1932).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
Snake River 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 ([ ]).