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Geologic Unit: Indian Well

Usage:

Indian Well Formation (NV*)


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Oligocene*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section (composite): in secs. 2 and 3, T. 30 N., R. 54 E., sec. 25, T. 31 N., R. 54 E., and secs. 29 and 30, T. 31 N., R. 55 E., Dixie Flats quadrangle, Elko Co., NV (Smith and Ketner, 1976).


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 ([ ]).