Usage:
Tiva Canyon Tuff of Paintbrush Group (CA*,NV*)
Tiva Canyon Member of Piapi Canyon Formation (NV)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Miocene*
Miocene, middle* (local)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from Tiva Canyon, northwest side of Shoshone Mesa, Nevada Test Site, Nye Co., NV (Hinrichs and Orkild, 1961).
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 ([ ]).