Usage:
Snowcaps Member of Kearsarge Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
Middle Mississippian (Visean; Meramecian to early Chesterian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (=type section of Kearsarge Formation): on ridge on south side of Vaughn Gulch, about 11.5 km east of Independence, west side of Inyo Mountains, [in NW/4 SW/4 sec. 9, T. 13 S., R. 36 E., approx. Lat. 36 deg. 49 min. 00 sec. N., Long. 118 deg. 04 min. 18 sec. W., Bee Springs Canyon 7.5-min quadrangle, 1994 ed.], Inyo Co., eastern CA. Named from Snowcaps Mine near mouth of Mazourka Canyon (Stevens and others, 1996).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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