Usage:
Charcoal Ovens Tuff (NV*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Oligocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: quarry 1,000 to 1,500 ft southwest of ovens in Ward Charcoal Ovens State Park, in SW/4 NW/4 sec. 36, T. 14 N., R. 63 E., east side of southern Egan Range, White Pine Co., eastern NV (Hose and Blake, 1976).
Reference section: about 8 mi north of type section, on north side of Sawmill Canyon, in secs. 22 and 23, T. 15 N., R. 13 E., White Pine Co., eastern NV (Hose and Blake, 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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