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Geologic Unit: Aldrich Station

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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