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  • Usage in publication:
    • Charcoal Ovens Tuff*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Tuff
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Hose, R.K., and Blake, M.C., Jr., 1976, Geology and mineral resources of White Pine County, Nevada; Part 1, Geology: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin, no. 85, p. 1-32, (incl. geologic map, scale 1:250,000), Prepared in cooperation with USGS


Summary:

Type section: quarry, SW/4 NW/4 sec.36 T14N R63E, 300 to 450 m southwest of the ovens in Ward Charcoal Ovens State Park, east side of southern part of Egan Range, White pine Co, NV. Consists of tuff which is crystal-rich, ash-flow in three cooling units. Contains visible crystals of honey-yellow sphene. Is 130 m thick. Overlies Sheep Pass Formation or strata of Permian age; underlies Windous Butte Formation. Is Oligocene age based on K-Ar age determination of 32 Ma.

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


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