Usage:
Belmont Fanglomerate (NV)
Geologic age:
Pliocene and/or Pleistocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality not stated. Best exposures on west side of Pogonip Ridge, White Pine Co., northeastern NV. Named from Belmont Canyon, White Pine mining district, White Pine Co., northeastern NV (Humphrey, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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