By-Day Member of Eureka Valley Tuff of Stanislaus Group (CA*,NV*)
Tertiary
Miocene, late*
Exposures on north bank of By-Day Creek, Lat. 38 deg. 16 min. 20 sec. N., Long. 119 deg. 18 min. 45 sec. W., Mono Co., CA. Origin of name not stated by authors, but probably named from By-Day Creek (Noble and others, 1974).
Sierra Nevada province*
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