Usage:
Adam Peak Formation (NV*)
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian to early Permian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Adam Peak in Osgood Mountains, Osgood Mountains 15-min quadrangle, Humboldt Co., north-central NV. [Type locality not designated, but section described west of Adam Peak] (Hotz and Willden, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
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