Usage:
Owens Valley Group (CA*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in CA*: Conglomerate Mesa Formation, Darwin Canyon Formation, Lone Pine Formation, Osborne Canyon Formation.
Geologic age:
Early and Middle Permian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in foothills between Union Wash and Reward Mine about 9 mi southeast of Independence, between Owenyo and Kearsarge, [in NE/4 Lone Pine 15-min quadrangle], southern Inyo Mountains, Inyo Co., eastern CA (Merriam and Kirk, 1957).
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 ([ ]).