Usage:
/Diablo Formation (CA,NV*)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Diablo Formation by Axelrod (1944) in CA.]
Geologic age:
Permian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Crest and west slope of Mount Diablo (for sandstone facies); hills west of road, 1 mi north of Columbus (for dolomite facies), Mina 15-min quadrangle, NV (Ferguson and others, 1954).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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