- Usage in publication:
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- New York Canyon Member
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Biostratigraphic dating
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Great Basin province
Summary:
Unit is named the New York Canyon Member of the Sunrise Formation (revised) of the Volcano Peak Group (new). Replaces unit 8 of Muller and Ferguson (1939, GSA Bull., v. 50, no. 10, p. 1573-1624) of the Sunrise Formation. Exposed in the Gabbs Valley Range in west-central Nevada. Consists of blue-gray, orange-brown-weathering, medium- to thick-bedded bioclastic limestone. Conformably overlies the Five Card Draw Member (new); sharply and conformably underlies the Joker Peak Member (new), both of the Sunrise. Thickness is 120 m. Age is Early Jurassic (Sinemurian), based on fossils.
Type locality: exposures near the mouth of New York Canyon, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., NV.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1565, p. 221); GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
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