Usage:
Turupah Alloformation (NV)
Turupah Formation of Lahontan Valley Group (NV*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Holocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Northwest of Turupah Flat from NW/4 sec. 33 to SE/4 sec. 19, T. 18 N., R. 30 E., [Churchill Co., NV] (Morrison, 1964).
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 ([ ]).