Usage:
Webb Formation (NV*)
Geologic age:
Early to Middle Mississippian (Tournaisian to Visean; late Kinderhookian to early Meramecian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: near northern edge of sec. 19, T. 31 N., R. 53 E., and in SE/4 sec. 13, T. 31 N., R. 52 E., 17 km southeast of Carlin, Elko Co., northeastern NV. Named from exposures near Webb Creek (Smith and Ketner, 1968).
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 ([ ]).