Usage:
Smelser Pass Member of Augusta Mountain Formation of Star Peak Group (NV*)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Middle*
Triassic, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: near Smelser Pass, north end of China Mountain, in T. 32 N., R. 40 E., Pershing Co., NV (Nichols and Silberling, 1977).
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 ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).