Usage:
Beacon Peak Dolomite (NV*)
Geologic age:
Early Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in Oxyoke Canyon, on lower western slope of Beacon Peak, [in W/2 sec. 16 and E/2 sec. 17, T. 18 N., R. 54 E., approx. Lat. 39 deg. 25 min. 50 sec. N., Long. 115 deg. 54 min. 26 sec. W., Pinto Summit 15-min quadrangle, White Pine-Eureka Co. line, 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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