Usage:
Bluepoint Limestone (NV*)
Geologic age:
Late Mississippian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures on [Blue Point, in SW/4 SW/4 sec. 6, T. 18 S., R. 68 E., Overton Beach 15-min quadrangle, Clark Co.], Muddy Mountains, southeastern NV (Longwell, 1921, 1928).
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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