Usage:
Diamond A Formation (NV)
Geologic age:
Carboniferous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures along north side of Bearpaw Mountain (sec. 17 and N/2 sec. 19, T. 47 N., R. 57 E.; SE/4 sec. 24, T. 47 N., R. 56 E.) and along Bruneau River from Rowland, west of hill 5767, northward to McDonald Creek, northeastern NV. Named from Diamond A Desert which lies just northwest of Bearpaw Mountain, Rowland quadrangle, Elko Co., NV (Bushnell, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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