Usage:
Catlin Member of Windfall Formation (NV*)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian (Millardan; Sunwaptan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures near Catlin shaft of the Croesus Mine in New York Canyon, [in W/2 sec. 35, T. 19 N., R. 53 E., approx. Lat. 39 deg. 28 min. 28 sec. N., Long. 115 deg. 58 min. 45 sec. W., northwestern corner Pinto Summit 15-min quadrangle, 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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