Usage:
Home Station Member of Augusta Mountain Formation of Star Peak Group (NV*)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on ridge south of Favret Canyon, in T. 25 N., R. 39 E., north Augusta Mountain, Pershing Co., NV. Named from Home Station Ranch, NV, 30 km northwest of type section (Nichols and Silberling, 1977).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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