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Geologic Unit: Gabbs

Usage:

Gabbs Formation (NV*)
Gabbs Formation of Volcano Peak Group (NV)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in NV: Mount Hyatt Member, Muller Canyon Member, Nun Mine Member.


Geologic age:

Triassic, Late*


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

Named from Gabbs Valley Range. Best exposed in New York Canyon area, west-central NV (Muller and Ferguson, 1936).


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 ([ ]).