Trail Ridge Tuff of Thirsty Canyon Group (NV*)
Tertiary*
Miocene, late*
Type locality: north of Black Mountain, about 7 mi west of Trail Ridge, Lat. 37 deg. 21 min. N., Long. 116 deg. 39 min. W., Black Mountain 15-min quadrangle, Nye Co., southern NV (Noble and others, 1964).
Great Basin province*
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