Usage:
Slaven Chert (NV*)
Geologic age:
Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures on hills along and west of Slaven Canyon, in eastern part of T. 30 N., R. 46 E., Lander Co., northern NV (Gilluly and Gates, 1965).
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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