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*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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