Usage:
Bernice Formation (NV)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality not stated. Origin of name not stated by author but probably named from exposures in Bernice Canyon, in T. 22 N., R. 37 E., Clan Alpine Mountains, Churchill Co., west-central NV (Speed, 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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