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Geologic Unit: Devils Gate

Usage:

Devils Gate Limestone (NV*)
Devils Gate Formation (NV)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in NV*: Alamo Breccia Member, Hayes Canyon Member, Meister Member.


Geologic age:

late Middle to Late Devonian (Givetian to Famennian)*


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

Type section: at Devils Gate, 8 mi northwest of Eureka [Devon Peak 7.5-min quadrangle], Eureka Co., NV (Merriam, 1940).


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 ([ ]).