Usage:
Elder Sandstone (NV*)
Geologic age:
Silurian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Occurs in Roberts Mountains area, Eureka district, northeastern NV (Gilluly, 1955).
Type locality: hill extending northeastward from sharp bend of Elder Creek, in sec. 30, T. 28 N., R. 46 E., Lander Co., NV, to Utah Mine, in sec. 16 (unsurveyed), T. 28 N., R. 46 E., Eureka Co., NV. Named from exposures in drainage basin of Elder Creek, in southeastern part of Mount Lewis quadrangle, Lander Co., northern NV (Gilluly and Gates, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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