Usage:
Muller Canyon Member of Gabbs Formation of Volcano Peak Group (NV)
Geologic age:
Mesozoic
Triassic, Late
Norian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures on east flank of Ferguson Hill along west side of Muller Canyon, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., NV (Taylor and others, 1983). This section is proposed as Stratotype for Triassic-Jurassic System boundary.
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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