Usage:
Singas Formation of Auld Lang Syne Group (NV*)
Geologic age:
Late Triassic (Norian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in secs. 26 and 27, T. 41 N., R. 38 E., Paradise Valley 15-min quadrangle, Humboldt Co., southern Santa Rosa Range, NV (Compton, 1960; Burke and Silberling, 1973).
Named from Singas Creek, Santa Rosa Range, Winnemucca region, north-central NV (Compton, 1960).
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 ( ).
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