Usage:
Joes Canyon Formation of Clipper Canyon Group (NV)
Geologic age:
Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not stated. Is poorly exposed on slopes 1 mi south-southwest of Petes Spring, west of Joes Canyon trail, Toquima Range, Lander Co., northern NV (Kay and Crawford, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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