Usage:
Italian Springs Formation (NV)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type areas: andesite exposure at head of Tybo Canyon, in NE/4 T. 6 N., R. 49 E.; sedimentary exposure at 4 km east of ignimbrite plug no. 2 on both sides of unnamed valley, in NW/4 T. 7 N., R. 49 E.; lower and upper ignimbrite informal [units] at 1.6 km east of Italian Springs, in NE/4 T. 6 N., R. 49 E., Nye Co., NV (Cook, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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