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Geologic Units: North Creek
Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • North Creek formation
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Conglomerate
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Young, J.C., 1960, Structure and stratigraphy in north central Schell Creek Range, IN Boettcher, J.W., and Sloan, W.W., Jr., eds., Guidebook to the geology of east-central Nevada: Intermountain Association of Petroleum Geologists, Guidebook for the Annual Field Conference, no. 11, p. 158-172.


Summary:

Pg. 160, 163, 165; geol. map. North Creek formation. Comprises conglomerates unconformably overlying Kalamazoo volcanics (new). Apparently grades upward into present-day alluvium. Maximum thickness not known; may be greater than 1,000 feet. Age is Tertiary to Quaternary.
Recognized only in Duck Creek Valley, [notably in T. 19 N., R. 65 E.], Schell Creek Range area, Ely quadrangle, White Pine Co., [Humboldt National Forest], eastern NV.
[Possibly named from North Creek, which flows through Duck Valley.]

Source: Publication; US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2766).


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