Usage:
Pogonip Group (CA*,ID*,NV*,UT*)
Subunits:
GROUP STATUS (alphabetical): Antelope Valley Limestone (CA*,NV*), Deadman Spring Dolomite (UT*), Fillmore Formation (UT*) or Fillmore Limestone (NV,UT), Goodwin Limestone (NV*), House Limestone (NV*,UT*), Juab Limestone (NV,UT*), Kanosh Shale (NV*,UT*), Lehman Formation (NV*,UT*), Mazourka Formation (CA), Ninemile Formation (NV*), Parker Spring Formation (NV), Shingle Limestone (NV), Tank Hill Limestone (NV), Stoneberger Shale (NV), Wah Wah Limestone (NV,UT*), Watson Ranch Quartzite (UT), Yellow Hill Limestone (NV).
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian to Ordovician*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Pogonip Ridge in White Pine [Hamilton] district, about 30 mi southeast of Eureka, NV. [On Pancake Summit and Green Springs 15-min quadrangles, Pogonip Ridge of King's usage is shown as Mount Hamilton of the White Pine Range] (King, 1876).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
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