Usage:
Soldier Meadow Tuff (NV*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Miocene, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures in north part of Calico Mountains, 5 mi west-southwest of Soldier Meadow Ranch, Lat. 40 deg. 22 min. 30 sec. N., Long. 119 deg. 15 min. 40 sec. W., Humboldt Co., NV (Noble and others, 1970).
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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