Usage:
Bullwhacker Member of Windfall Formation (NV*)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian (Millardan; Sunwaptan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures in vicinity of Bullwhacker Mine, [along bdry. btw. secs. 10 and 15 (unsurveyed), T. 19 N., R. 53 E., approx. Lat. 39 deg. 31 min. 28 sec. N., Long. 115 deg. 59 min. 36 sec. W., southwestern corner Eureka 15-min quadrangle (1953 ed.)], Eureka district, Eureka Co., central NV (Nolan and others, 1956).
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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