Usage:
Lahontan Valley Group (NV*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in NV: Eetza Formation*, Indian Lakes Formation*, S Bar S Formation, Sehoo Formation*, Turupah Formation*, Wyemaha Formation*.
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene*
Holocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Lahontan Valley in southern Carson Desert near Fallon, Churchill Co., NV (Morrison, 1961).
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 ([ ]).