Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Meiklejohn Formation (NV*-recognized locally in Nye Co.) reallocated to Eleana Formation. See Eleana.)
Geologic age:
Mississippian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: southeast flank of Meiklejohn Peak, Bare Mountain 15-min quadrangle, Nye Co., southern NV. Named from Meiklejohn Peak (Cornwall and Kleinhampl, 1961).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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