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Geologic Unit: Nopah

Usage:

Nopah Formation (AZ*,CA*,NV*,UT)
Nopah Dolomite (NV*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical): Dunderberg Shale Member (CA*,NV*), Halfpint Member (CA,NV*), Smoky Member (CA,NV*).


Geologic age:

Late Cambrian*


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

Not synopsized to date.


AAPG geologic province:

Plateau sedimentary 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 ([ ]).