Usage:
Indian Springs Formation (CA*,NV*)
[?] Indian Springs Member of Bird Spring Formation (NV)
[?] Indian Springs Formation of Bird Spring Group (NV)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from exposures near Indian Springs, Clark Co., NV (Longwell and Dunbar, 1936).
Principal reference section: in Arrow Canyon Range, Lat. 36 deg. 44 min. 18 sec. N., Long. 114 deg. 46 min. 43 sec. W., Delamar 3 SE 7.5-min quadrangle (Swadley and others, 1994).
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 ([ ]).