Usage:
Big Pole Formation of Pony Trail Group (NV*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Late(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (same as Pony Trail Group): Pony Trail Canyon, [in secs. 5 and 6, T. 29 N., R. 51 E., approx. Lat. 40 deg. 25 min. 42 sec. N., Long. 116 deg. 16 min. 16 sec. W.], Frenchie Creek and Pine Valley 15-min quadrangles, Eureka Co., north-central NV. Named from Big Pole Creek, Eureka Co., north-central NV (Muffler, 1964).
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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Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).