Usage:
Pahute Mesa Tuff of Thirsty Canyon Group (NV*)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (late Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: near hill 5431, south of Rocket Wash, Lat. 37 deg. 07 min. 45 sec. N., Long. 116 deg. 32 min. 35 sec. W., Thirsty Canyon 15-min quadrangle, Nye Co., southern NV (Noble and others, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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