- Usage in publication:
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- Mud Springs Canyon Formation
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- Dolomite
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Great Basin province
Summary:
[Probably] named for exposures near Mud Spring Creek, sec. 35-36, T23N R37E, Clan Alpine Mountains, Churchill Co., NV. [Type locality not designated.] Consists of limestone, dolomite, and minor quartz sandstone. Is massive- to medium-bedded and fossiliferous. Thickness is 600 m. Conformably overlies Hoyt Canyon Formation (new); unconformably underlies Boyer Ranch Formation. Is Late Triassic and Early Jurassic(?) age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
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