Usage:
Shingle Creek Quartzite of McCoy Creek Group (NV,UT)
Shingle Creek Quartzite (NV*,UT*)
Geologic age:
late Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposed in the upper Willard Creek-Strawberry Pass area, Windy Pass 15-min quadrangle, north of Strawberry Creek, southern Snake Range, White Pine Co., NV. Named from Shingle Creek (Misch and Hazzard, 1962).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin region
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