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

Proffett, J.M., Jr., and Proffett, B.H., 1976, Stratigraphy of the Tertiary ash-flow tuffs in the Yerington district, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report, no. 27, 28 p.


Summary:

Named for Singatse Peak. Type area designated as exposures north of Singatse Peak, sec.13 T13N R24E, Singatse Range, Lyon Co, NV. Composed of brown, buff-brown to red-brown moderately welded ash-flow tuff forming crystal-rich cooling unit 240 to 460 m thick. Overlies Mickey Pass Tuff (new); underlies Bluestone Mine Tuff (new). Is Oligocene age.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Singatse Tuff*
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Ekren, E.B., Byers, F.M., Jr., Hardyman, R.F., Marvin, R.F., and Silberman, M.L., 1980, Stratigraphy, preliminary petrology and some structural features of Tertiary volcanic rocks in the Gabbs Valley and Gillis Ranges, Mineral County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1464, 54 p.


Summary:

Singatse Tuff of Proffett and Proffett (1976) included as middle formation of Benton Spring Group. Overlies Mickey Pass Tuff; underlies Petrified Spring Tuff (new) (both of Benton Spring Group). Is Oligocene age based on K-Ar age range of 28 to 24 Ma.

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


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