Usage:
No current usage.
(†Nevada Formation (NV*) or †Nevada Group (NV) abandoned.)
Geologic age:
Devonian, Early
Devonian, Middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: sequence exposed at Modoc Peak, [Lat. 39 deg. 30 min. 04 sec. N., Long. 116 deg. 02 min. 29 sec. W.] Roberts Mountain quadrangle [now Whistler Mountain 15-min quadrangle], Eureka Co., NV (Merriam, 1940).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin 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 ([ ]).