Usage:
Aysees Member of Antelope Valley Limestone of Pogonip Group (NV*)
Geologic age:
Middle Ordovician (Whiterockian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Aysees Peak, [Lat. 36 deg. 53 min. 32 sec. N., Long. 115 deg. 47 min. 39 sec. W., Aysees Peak 7.5-min quadrangle], Lincoln Co., southern NV (Byers and others, 1961).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).