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Usage:
Monte Neva Formation (NV)
Geologic age:
Middle Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: 549 ft-thick measured section on the divide north of the third large canyon [now called Pluto Canyon], northwest of Monte Neva Hot Springs, in NW/4 sec. 33, T. 22 N., R. 63 E., [approx. Lat. 39 deg. 44 min. N., Long. 114 deg. 51 min. W., Monte Neva Hot Springs 7.5-min quadrangle], northern Egan Range, White Pine Co., eastern NV. Named from Monte Neva Hot Springs in Steptoe Valley, 5.5 mi southeast of type section (Young, 1960; US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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