Usage:
Artesia Lake Volcanics (NV*)
Geologic age:
Middle Jurassic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures 1,000 m west of Standard Slag Mine [formerly Minnesota Mine], or 400 m southeast of Fulstone Number 3 Spring, in sec. 24, T. 14 N., R. 23 E., and the unsurveyed section to its east, Lincoln Flat 7.5-min quadrangle [1993 ed.], Yerington region, northern Buckskin Range, Douglas Co., west-central NV. Named from Artesia Lake (and playa) 13 km S. 10 deg. W. of the Standard Slag Mine, [Artesia Lake and Pine Nut Valley 7.5-min quadrangles (1986 prov. ed.), Lyon Co., west-central NV] (Proffett and Dilles, 2008).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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