Usage:
Ripgut Formation of Needles Range Group (NV*,UT*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: west slope of Mt. Wilson, in secs. 25 and 26, 35 and 36, T. 5 N., R. 67 E., School Marm 7.5-min quadrangle, Lincoln Co., NV. Named from Ripgut Springs (Best and others, 1989).
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 ([ ]).