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Geologic Unit: Pinto Peak

Usage:

Pinto Peak Rhyolite (NV*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in NV*: Pinto Basin Tuff Member, Sierra Springs Tuff Member.


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Oligocene*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: in and around Pinto Peak, in NW/4 sec. 19, T. 18 N., R. 54 E., Eureka Co., NV (Nolan and others, 1974).


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 ([ ]).