Usage:
Bay State Dolomite (NV*)
Geologic age:
Middle Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: section above Bay State Mine in Mining Canyon, [approx. Lat. 39 deg. 32 min. 08 sec. N., Long. 115 deg. 47 min. 46 sec. W., Diamond Peak 7.5-min quadrangle, White Pine Co., central NV] (Nolan and others, 1956).
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.
"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 ([ ]).