Usage:
Hu-pwi Rhyodacite (NV*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Ghost Dance Lava Member (NV*), Nugent Tuff Member (NV*), Poinsetta Tuff member (NV).
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Miocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures near Hu-pwi Wash, T. 12 N., R. 30 E., north Gillis Range, Mineral Co., NV. Named from Hup-wi Wash that drains northeast flank of north Gillis Range (Ekren and others, 1980).
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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