Usage:
Joana Limestone (NV*,UT*)
Joana Limestone of White Pine Group (NV)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Early*
Kinderhookian*
Osagean*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from the Joana Mine on south side of Robinson Canyon about 2 mi above Ely, White Pine Co., NV (Spencer, 1917).
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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