Usage:
Willard Creek Quartzite of McCoy Creek Group (NV)
Geologic age:
late Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
North of Strawberry Pass and north of Strawberry Creek, southern Snake Range, Windy Pass 7.5-min quadrangle, White Pine Co., NV. Named from exposures on north side of upper Strawberry Creek and upper Willard Creek, southern Snake Range, White Pine Co., NV (Misch and Hazzard, 1962).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin region
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