Usage:
Gabbs Formation (NV*)
Gabbs Formation of Volcano Peak Group (NV)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in NV: Mount Hyatt Member, Muller Canyon Member, Nun Mine Member.
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Gabbs Valley Range. Best exposed in New York Canyon area, west-central NV (Muller and Ferguson, 1936).
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 ([ ]).