Usage:
Hanson Creek Formation (ID*,NV*)
Subunits:
Combs Canyon Dolomite Member (NV*).
Geologic age:
Middle Ordovician to early Silurian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
"Typical exposures" occur on west side of Roberts Creek Mountain, Eureka Co., NV. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from Pete Hanson Creek (Merriam, 1940).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
Idaho Mountains province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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