Usage:
Prospect Mountain Quartzite (CA*,NV*,UT*)
Geologic age:
Cambrian, Early*
Precambrian*
Proterozoic, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Prospect Peak, Eureka district, Eureka Co., NV, where it reaches its broadest development and forms the western slope (Hague, 1883).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
Great Basin region*
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 ([ ]).