Usage:
Tungstonia Granite (NV,UT?)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Paleocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not stated by authors. Named from Tungstonia Canyon and abandoned mine, Kern Mountains, White Pine Co., NV (Best and others, 1974).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province
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