Usage:
Mullen Formation (NV)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Miocene, middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: northwest-trending mesa in group of mesas north of Mullen Pass, in secs. 2, 3, 34, and 35, T. 23 and 24 N., R. 21 E., Washoe Co., western NV. Named from Mullen Pass (Axelrod, 1992).
AAPG geologic province:
Southern Oregon basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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