Charcoal Canyon Formation of Clipper Canyon Group (NV)
Early Ordovician
Named from Charcoal Canyon, opposite and above East Clipper Canyon and Anvil Rock, Toquima Range, Lander Co., northern NV (Kay and Crawford, 1964).
Great Basin province
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