Usage:
Paiute Alloformation (NV)
Paiute Formation (NV*)
Geologic age:
Pleistocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: exposure along middle part of Paiute Wash, in sec. 8, T. 16 N., R. 31 E., near Fallon, Churchill Co., southern NV. Named from Paiute Wash. Exposed locally, above 3,960 ft altitude, on piedmonts and in highlands (Morrison, 1961, 1964).
Reference locality: in Wadsworth Amphitheatre, in E/2 sec. 15, T. 21 N., R. 24 E., Wadsworth 15-min quadrangle, Washoe Co., southern NV (Morrison and Davis, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
Southern Oregon basin*
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 ([ ]).