Usage:
Buckskin Mountain Formation (NV)
Geologic age:
Permian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: north side of Humboldt River at Carlin Canyon "loop" area; basal part in NW/4 NW/4 SW/4 sec. 22, T. 33 N., R. 53 E., and upper part in NW/4 SE/4 NW/4 sec. 22, T. 33 N., R. 53 E. [Carlin East 7.5-min quadrangle], Elko Co., NV. Named from Buckskin Mountain, 3 mi south of type locality [between Carlin and Elko], in Pinon Range (Fails, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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