Usage:
McCoy Creek Group (NV,UT)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Osceola Argillite (NV), Shingle Creek Quartzite (NV,UT), Stella Lake Quartzite (NV), Strawberry Creek Formation (NV), Willard Creek Quartzite (NV).
Geologic age:
late Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (base not exposed): along McCoy Creek, east slope of Schell Creek Mountains, White Pine Co., NV. Named from McCoy Creek (Misch and Hazzard, 1962).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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