Playa, marsh, and alluvial-flat deposits, locally eroded (NVQp;0)

State	Nevada
Name	Playa, marsh, and alluvial-flat deposits, locally eroded
Geologic age	Quaternary
Original map label	Qp
Comments	Includes Lake Lahontan deposits
Primary rock type	playa
Secondary rock type	alluvium
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Unconsolidated (Lacustrine)Includes playa deposits, pluvial lake deposits, and fluvatile and lacustrine sand and silt deposits. Incidental Unconsolidated (Alluvial)Possibly includes some eolian deposits.
Map references	Stewart, J.H., and Carlson, J.E., 1978, Geologic Map of Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1:500,000 (not part of any formal series, printed and distributed by the U.S. Geological Survey, G75163, reprinted, 1981, G81386).
Unit references	Stewart, J.H., and Carlson, J.E., 1978, Geologic Map of Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1:500,000 (not part of any formal series, printed and distributed by the U.S. Geological Survey, G75163, reprinted, 1981, G81386). Longwell, C.R., Pampeyaan, E.H., Bowyer, B., and Roberts, R.J., 1965, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Clark County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 62, 218 p., 16 pl. Willden, R., 1964, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Humboldt County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 59, 154 p., 3 pl. Hose, R.K., and Blake, M.C, Jr., 1976, Geology, Pt. 1, in Geology and Mineral Resources of White Pine County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 85, p. 1-32, 2 pl. Coats, R.R., 1987, Geology of Elko County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 101, 112 p., 1 pl. Albers, J.P., and Stewart, J.H., 1972, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Esmeralda County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 80 p., 2 pl. Tschanz, C.M., and Pampeyan, E.H., 1970, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Lincoln County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines Bulletin 73, 187 p., 7 pl. Kleinhampl, F.J., and Ziony, J.I., 1985, Geology of Northern Nye County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 99A, 172 p., 2 pl. Ross, D.C., 1961, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Mineral County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 58, 98 p., 2 pl. Bonham, H.F., 1969, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 70, 140 p., 6 pls. Willden, R., and Speed, R.C., 1974, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Churchill County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 83, 95 p., 5 pl.
Geographic coverage	Churchill - Clark - Elko - Esmeralda - Eureka - Humboldt - Lander - Lincoln - Lyon - Mineral - Nye - Pershing - Washoe - White Pine