Usage:
No current usage.
(†Survey Butte Member of Piapi Canyon Formation of Oak Spring Group (NV) replaced with bedded tuff in Paintbrush Tuff. See Paintbrush.)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Survey Butte, in northern part of Nevada Test Site, Nye Co., NV. Thickest on east side of Rainier Mesa; extends from there southward to Tippipah Point, northward about 15 mi, westward to Pahute Mesa, and eastward to Quartzite Mountain. Named from Survey Butte (Hinrichs and Orkild, 1961; Orkild, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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