Antelope Valley Limestone
Antelope Valley Limestone Stratigraphic range: Ordovician Period | |
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![]() Antelope Valley Limestone (Meiklejohn Peak, Nevada) | |
Type | Geologic formation |
Unit of | Pogonip Group |
Underlies | Copenhagen Formation |
Overlies | Ninemile Formation |
Thickness | 1,100 feet (340 m) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Region | Nevada |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Antelope Valley (Nevada) |
The Antelope Valley Limestone is a limestone geologic formation of the Pogonip Group in southern Nevada.
It is found in the Antelope Valley region of Eureka County and Nye County.
It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
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References[]
- Charles W. Merriam (1963). "Paleozoic rocks of Antelope Valley, Eureka and Nye Counties, Nevada" (PDF). Geological Survey Professional Paper. doi:10.3133/PP423. ISSN 0096-0446. Wikidata Q61049030.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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Categories:
- Ordovician geology of Nevada
- Limestone formations of the United States
- Geography of Eureka County, Nevada
- Geography of Nye County, Nevada
- Ordovician System of North America
- Geologic formations of Nevada
- Ordovician southern paleotropical deposits
- Nevada geologic formation stubs
- Ordovician stubs