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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bernice Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Mudstone
    • Quartz
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Speed, R.C., 1976, Geologic map of the Humboldt lopolith and surrounding terrane, Nevada: Geological Society of America Map and Chart Series, MC-14, 1 sheet, 4 p., scale 1:80,000


Summary:

[Probably] named for exposures in Bernice Canyon, T22N R37E, Clan Alpine Mountains, Churchill Co., NV. [Type locality not designated.] Consists of mudstone with minor wacke, quartz arenite, and limestone. Is 2,600 m thick. Overlies Triassic pelite; conformably underlies Hoyt Canyon Formation. Is Late Triassic age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).


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