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Geologic Unit: Chispa

Usage:

Chispa Andesite (NV*)


Geologic age:

late Tertiary (early Miocene)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Notable exposures in Chispa Hills, Goldfield district, [in T. 3 S., R. 43 E., Goldfield 15-min quadrangle, Esmeralda-Nye Co. line, southwestern NV] (Ransome, 1909).


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.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).