Usage:
Dawn Limestone of Monte Cristo Group (NV*)
Dawn Member of Monte Cristo Limestone (AZ*,CA*,NV?)
[?] Dawn Dolomite Member of Redwall Limestone (UT)
Geologic age:
Early Mississippian (Tournaisian; Kinderhookian to Osagean)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures near Dawn Mine, in SW/4 sec. 15, T. 23 S., R. 58 E., Goodsprings quadrangle, Clark Co., NV (Hewett, 1931).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
Plateau sedimentary 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 ([ ]).