Usage:
Petrified Spring Tuff of Benton Spring Group (NV*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures 4 km south of Petrified Spring, in NW/4 sec. 31, T. 9 N., R. 35 E., southern Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., NV (Ekren and others, 1980).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
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