Usage:
Mexican Dam Bed (NV-recognized locally in Mexican Dam area, Lyon Co.)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposure in high terrace of Carson River about 6.5 km east-southeast of Carson City at Mexican Dam, center NW/4 SE/4 sec. 35, T. 15 N., R. 20 E., Dayton 15-min quadrangle, Lyon Co., NV (Davis, 1978).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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