Usage:
Burrows Member of Highland Peak Formation (NV*)
Burrows Dolomite (NV)
Burrows Limestone (NV)
Geologic age:
Middle Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on northwest spur of Comet Peak, immediately south of Peasley [Peaslee] Canyon, on west slope of Highland Range, [Highland Peak 7.5-min quadrangle], Pioche district, Lincoln Co., southeastern NV. Named from Burrows Canyon east of Comet Mine, about 1 mi south of type section, [Highland Peak 7.5-min quadrangle] (Wheeler, 1940).
[Comet Peak, Lat. 37 deg. 53 min. 45 sec. N., Long. 114 deg. 35 min. 09 sec. W. (USGS GNIS database, accessed February 13, 2016).]
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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