Usage:
Gregerson Basin Member of Kane Wash Tuff (NV*)
Geologic age:
Miocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: extends from its base at Lat. 37 deg. 20.13 min. N., Long. 114 deg. 45.89 min. W., up a cliff to Lat. 37 deg. 19.53 min. N., Long. 114 deg. 45.27 min. W. Named for Gregerson Basin, Gregerson Basin 7.5-min quadrangle, Lincoln Co., NV (Scott and others, 1993).
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 ([ ]).