Usage:
Winnemucca Formation of Auld Lang Syne Group (NV*)
Geologic age:
Late Triassic (Norian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Mullen Canyon, in secs. 4 and 5, T. 34 N., R. 38 E., west flank of Sonoma Range, Winnemucca 15-min quadrangle, Pershing Co., north-central NV (Muller and others, 1951; Burke and Silberling, 1973).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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