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Geologic Unit: Roberts Mountains

Usage:

Roberts Mountains Formation (ID*,NV*,UT*)
Roberts Mountains Limestone (NV*-recognized locally in Mount Lewis area)


Geologic age:

Silurian to Early Devonian*


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

Type section: on the west side of Roberts Creek Mountain [Roberts Creek Mountain 7.5-min quadrangle, Eureka Co.], NV (Merriam, 1940).


AAPG geologic province:

Snake River basin*
Great Basin province*
Idaho Mountains 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 ([ ]).