Usage:
/Chicken Creek Formation (NV)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Chicken Creek Tuff by Evernden and James (1964) in western UT.]
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (early Oligocene; Chadronian NALMA)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures 30 yards north of junction of Highway 11 and road to Cornucopia mining district, in NE/4 sec. 11, T. 42 N., R. 52 E., Bull Run 15-min quadrangle, Elko Co., NV (Axelrod, 1966).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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