Usage:
Bristol Pass Limestone (NV*)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not synopsized to date. Named from occurrence at Bristol Pass in summit of hill immediately north of bench mark 6149 [Fairview Peak 7.5-min quadrangle, Lincoln Co., NV] (Westgate and Knopf, 1932)
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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