Usage:
Auld Lang Syne Group (NV*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in NV*: Andorno Formation, Dun Glen Formation, Grass Valley Formation, Mullinix Formation, O'Neill Formation, Osobb Formation, Raspberry Formation, Singas Formation, Winnemucca Formation.
Geologic age:
Late Triassic and Early Jurassic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in northern part of East Range, from SW/4 sec. 32, T. 34 N., R. 37 E., to sec. 24 and 23, T. 34 N., R. 36 E., Rose Creek 7.5-min quadrangle, Pershing Co., north-central NV. Named from nearby Auld Lang Syne Peak in sec. 12, T. 33 N., R. 36 E., Dun Glen quadrangle (Burke and Silberling, 1973).
Reference section: from NE/4 sec. 6, T. 40 N., R. 39 E., to SE/4 sec. 7, T. 41 N., R. 38 E., Paradise Valley quadrangle, Humboldt Co., northwestern NV (Burke and Silberling, 1973).
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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