Usage:
Congress Canyon Formation of Star Peak Group (NV*)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Middle*
Triassic, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: head of Congress Canyon, [in W/2 sec. 16, T. 30 N., R. 34 E.], northern Humboldt Range, [Pershing Co., NV]. Named from unbedded cliff-like exposure of limestone at head of Congress Canyon, northern Humboldt Range, NV (Nichols and Silberling, 1977).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
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