Usage:
Burnt Canyon Member of Highland Peak Formation (NV*)
Burnt Canyon Limestone (NV)
Geologic age:
Middle Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on west side of Highland Range on crest of spur between Peasley [Peaslee] Canyon and Burnt Canyon, Pioche district, [in secs. 28, 29, 32, and 33, T. 1 N., R. 66 E., Highland Peak 7.5-min quadrangle], Lincoln Co., southeastern NV (Wheeler, 1948; see also Merriam, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
South Western Overthrust*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).