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Geologic Unit: Ola

Usage:

Ola Sandstone (NV*,UT*)


Geologic age:

Late Cambrian*


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

Type section: exposures 1 km west of Morgan Pass, in sec. 21, T. 32 N., R. 68 E., Morgan Pass 7.5-min quadrangle, northern Goshute Mountains, Elko Co., NV. Named from Ola, site along Western Pacific RR, Ola 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.

"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 ([ ]).