Usage:
Boyer Ranch Formation (NV*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: exposures in northern Clan Alpine Mountains, 3.2 km (about 2 mi) north of Shoshone Creek, Churchill Co., north-central NV (shown on geol. sketch map). Named from Boyer Ranch in Dixie Valley, about 15 mi northeast of type area, [Boyer Ranch 7.5-min quadrangle, Churchill Co., north-central NV] (Speed and Jones, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
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