Usage:
No current usage.
(†Dry Lake Member of Thirsty Canyon Tuff (NV*) considered same as Trail Ridge Tuff. See Trail Ridge.)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Miocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Northeast of Dry Lake, Lat. 37 deg. 26 min. N., Long. 116 deg. 41 min. W., Black Mountain 15-min quadrangle, Nye Co., southern NV. Trail Ridge Member through Gold Flat Member exposed. Named from Dry Lake, in T. 6 S., R. 47 E., Nye Co., NV (Noble and others, 1964).
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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