Usage:
Arcturus Formation (NV*,UT*)
Arcturus Limestone (NV*,UT*)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Artinskian to Kungurian; Leonardian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Arcturus mining claim on which unit occurs [in NW/4 SW/4 NE/4 sec. 15, T. 16 N., R. 62 E.], Ely quadrangle, White Pine Co., eastern NV (Lawson, 1906; Spencer, 1917).
Reference sections: Rib Hill, in sec. 21, T. 16 N., R. 62 E., White Pine Co., NV; and Moorman Ranch, in secs. 7 and 8, T. 17 N., R. 59 E., White Pine Co., NV (Bissell, 1962).
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.
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