Usage:
Condor Canyon Formation of Quichapa Group (NV*,UT*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Bauers Tuff Member (NV*,UT*), Swett Ignimbrite Member (NV) or Swett Tuff Member (NV*,UT*).
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in Condor Canyon along Pioche Branch of Union Pacific RR, in secs. 22, 23, 24, 26, and 27, T. 1 S., R. 68 E., Lincoln Co., eastern NV (Cook, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
South Western Overthrust*
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 ([ ]).