Usage:
Devils Gate Limestone (NV*)
Devils Gate Formation (NV)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in NV*: Alamo Breccia Member, Hayes Canyon Member, Meister Member.
Geologic age:
late Middle to Late Devonian (Givetian to Famennian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: at Devils Gate, 8 mi northwest of Eureka [Devon Peak 7.5-min quadrangle], Eureka Co., NV (Merriam, 1940).
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 ([ ]).