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Geologic Unit: Muddy Creek

Usage:

Muddy Creek Formation (AZ*,CA*,NV*,UT*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical): Fortification Basalt Member (AZ*,NV*), Hualapai Limestone Member (AZ).


Geologic age:

Tertiary*
Miocene*
Pliocene*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not designated. Named from Muddy Creek, Clark Co., NV (Longwell, 1928).


AAPG geologic province:

Great Basin province*
Plateau sedimentary province*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).