Usage:
Soldier Cap Olivine Basalt of Reynolds Basin Group (ID)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Miocene, late or Pliocene, early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: east side of north-south-trending ridge south-southwest of Soldier Cap, Owyhee Co., ID. Named from Soldier Cap (McIntyre, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
Snake River basin
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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