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Limestone, arenite, and shale; Cambrian marine continental-shelf deposits; northern Idaho

Middle Cambrian thinly laminated claystone overlying coarse-grained pebbly quartzite of northern Idaho.
StateIdaho
NameLimestone, arenite, and shale; Cambrian marine continental-shelf deposits; northern Idaho
Geologic ageMiddle Cambrian
Original map labelCmn; Cun
Commentsarea of Cmn on state map was mapped as Cambrian unidivided by Miller and others (1999, ref. ID020), comprised of Gold Creek Quartzite, Rennie Shale, and Lakeview Limestone, all of which are Middle Cambrian. Polygons for the upper Cambrian Cun unit on the state map are therefore changed to Cmn, and the unit Cun is deleted.
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typearenite
Other rock typesshale
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)Lakeview Limestone
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > Arenite (Bed)Gold Creek Quartzite
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)Rennie Shale
Map references
Bond, J.G., Kauffman, J.D., Miller, D.A., and Venkatakrishnan, Ramesh, 1978, Geologic map of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, with contributions from U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references
Bond, J.G., Kauffman, J.D., Miller, D.A., and Venkatakrishnan, Ramesh, 1978, Geologic map of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, with contributions from U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Miller, F.K., Burmester, R.F., Miller, D.M., Powell, R.E., and Derkey, P.D., 1999, Digital geologic map of the Sandpoint 1o x 2o quadrangle, Washington, Idaho, and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report OF 99-144, scale 1:250,000 with report, 71 p.
Geographic coverageBonner - Kootenai

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