Usage:
Aldrich Station Formation of Wassuk Group (NV)
Geologic age:
Miocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: base of Wassuk Range, 5 mi southeast of Morgan's Ranch [Butler Mountain 7.5-min quadrangle], Lyon Co., western NV. Named from Aldrich Station, an old stagecoach station which is now represented by a stone foundation on county road at north base of Aldrich Hill (Axelrod, 1956).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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