Usage:
Oasis Formation (NV*)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures southeast of Silver Zone Pass, central Toano Range, in sec. 33, T. 35 N., R. 68 E., West Morris Basin 7.5-min quadrangle, Elko Co., NV. Named from small village of Oasis on Highway 80, 30 km northwest of type section, [in sec. 2, T. 36 N., R. 66 E., Cobra 7.5-min quadrangle, Elko Co., NV] (McCollum and Miller, 1991).
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.
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