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Banbury Formation

BANBURY FORMATION-Basalt, gravel, and tuffaceous sediments locally. Northeast Humboldt County and northwest Elko County
StateNevada
NameBanbury Formation
Geologic ageMiddle Miocene to Late Miocene
Original map labelTbg
Primary rock typebasalt
Secondary rock typegravel
Other rock typessandstone
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Bed)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Flow)
Incidental
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Bed)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Pyroclastic, tuff)
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).
Stewart, J. H., 1980, Geology of Nevada: A discussion to accompany the Geologic Map of Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 4.
Geographic coverageElko - Humboldt

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