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Geologic Unit: King Tonopah

Usage:

King Tonopah Member of Fraction Tuff (NV)


Geologic age:

Tertiary


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

Exposures extending from King Tonopah Mine, 1.6 km north of Tonopah, for 1.6 km northeast to top of "TV Tower Hill," in sec. 24 and 25, T. 3 N., R. 42 E., Nye Co., NV (Bonham and Garside, 1979).


AAPG geologic province:

Great Basin province


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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