Usage:
Scotty Wash Quartzite (NV*-recognized locally in Lincoln Co.)
Scotty Wash Sandstone (NV*-recognized locally in southern Egan Range)
Scotty Wash Formation (NV-recognized locally in Pahranagat Range)
Scotty Wash Quartzite Member of Chainman Formation (NV-recognized locally in southeastern NV)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from Scotty Wash, which passes through formation east of Silverhorn, Fairview Range, Bristol Range quadrangle, Pioche district, Lincoln Co., NV (Westgate and Knopf, 1932).
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.
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