Usage:
Riepetown Sandstone (NV,UT)
Geologic age:
Permian, Early
Wolfcampian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: at Rib Hill, in NW/4 sec. 21, T. 16 N., R. 62 E., White Pine Co., NV (Great Basin province). Named from village of Riepetown, about 2 mi north-northwest of Rib Hill (Steele, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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