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  • Usage in publication:
    • Sierra Springs Tuff Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
    • Geochronologic dating
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Tuff
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Nolan, T.B., Merriam, C.W., and Blake, M.C., Jr., 1974, Geologic map of the Pinto Summit quadrangle, Eureka and White Pine Counties, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-793, 1 sheet, 14 p., scale 1:31,680


Summary:

Unit is named the Sierra Springs Tuff Member of the Pinto Peak Rhyolite. Consists of welded ash-flow tuff. Thickness is 183 m. Overlies the Pinto Basin Tuff Member of the Pinto Peak. Age is Oligocene based on isotopic (K-Ar) ages of 35.4 +/-1.9 Ma and 34.3 +/-1.9 Ma. (B1520)

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


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