Usage:
Mountain Springs Formation (CA?,NV)
Geologic age:
Ordovician, Late
Silurian
Devonian, Early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: eastern flank of hill 6646, in N/2 sec. 31, T. 22 S., R. 58 E., Shenandoah Peak quadrangle. Named from village of Mountain Springs, in sec. 19, T. 22 N., R. 58 E., Clark Co., NV (Gans, 1974).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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