Usage:
Beck Spring Dolomite of Pahrump Group (CA*)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Beck Spring on north slope of Kingston Range, Ivanpah quadrangle, Inyo Co., southern CA (Hewett, 1940).
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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