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Geologic Unit: Paintbrush

Usage:

Paintbrush Group (CA*,NV*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical): Pah Canyon Tuff (NV*), Tiva Canyon Tuff (CA*,NV*), Topopah Spring Tuff (NV*), Yucca Mountain (NV*).


Geologic age:

Tertiary*
Miocene*
Miocene, middle* (local)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Paintbrush Canyon, 2.5 mi northeast of Yucca Mountain, Nevada Test Site, Nye Co., southeastern NV (Orkild, 1965).


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.

"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 ([ ]).