Usage:
Banner Formation (ID?,NV*)
Banner Limestone (ID?,NV)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Late*
or
Mississippian, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures on the south slope of Banner Hill [in T. 45 N., R. 54 E.], Mountain City 15-min quadrangle, Elko Co., NV (Coats, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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 ([ ]).