Usage:
Sunrise Formation (NV*)
Sunrise Formation of Volcano Peak Group (NV)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in NV: Ferguson Hill Member, Five Card Draw Member, Joker Peak Member, Mina Peak Member, New York Canyon Member.
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in upper part of New York Canyon, west of Sunrise Flat, southwestern NV. Named from Sunrise Flat, in Gabbs Valley Range (Muller and Ferguson, 1936).
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 ([ ]).