Usage:
Ferguson Hill Member of Sunrise Formation of Volcano Peak Group (NV)
Geologic age:
Early Jurassic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures on the east flank of Ferguson Hill, west side of Muller Canyon, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., NV. This section is proposed as the stratotype for the Triassic-Jurassic System boundary (Taylor and others, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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