Usage:
Goshute Limestone (NV*,UT*)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: 65-m-thick, cliff-forming limestone sequence exposed 1 km west of Morgan Pass, in sec. 21, T. 32 N., R. 69 E., Morgan Pass 7.5-min quadrangle, northern Goshute Mountains, Elko Co., NV. Named from Goshute Mountains (McCollum and Miller, 1991).
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.
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