Usage:
/Oreanna Bed (NV)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: badlands on the west side of the Humboldt River, 7.6 km south of Rye Patch Dam and 7.7 km north of Oreanna, in NE/4 SW/4 SW/4 sec. 6, T. 29 N., R. 33 E., Oreanna 15-min quadrangle, Pershing Co., NV (Davis, 1978).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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