Usage:
Loray Formation (NV,UT)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Artinskian to Kungurian; Leonardian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type locality]: exposures at head of Loray Wash, in Southern Pacific RR cut on southwest side of Montello Valley, in SW/4 NE/4 sec. 28, T. 38 N., R. 68 E., Elko Co., eastern NV (Steele, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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