Usage:
No current usage.
(†Pahranagat Lakes Tuff (NV,UT) replaced with Pahranagat Formation. See Pahranagat.)
Geologic age:
Miocene, early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Recognized in southwestern UT and southeastern NV (Williams, 1967). [Type locality not stated. Probably named from Pahranagat Lakes, Lincoln Co., NV.]
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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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 ([ ]).