Usage:
Alamo Range Formation (NV-notably Pahranagat area)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Alamo Range, Lincoln Co., NV. Section measured 100 yds north of Alamo Canyon road, in central part of T. 7 S., R. 61 E., about 1.5 mi east of U.S. Highway 93 (Dolgoff, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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