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Geologic Unit: Oreanna

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


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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