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Dolostone, limestone, arenite, and chert: Devonian to Ordovician marine outer continental-shelf deposits; east-central Idaho

Devonian to Ordovician marine calcareous sediments north of the Snake Plain.
StateIdaho
NameDolostone, limestone, arenite, and chert: Devonian to Ordovician marine outer continental-shelf deposits; east-central Idaho
Geologic ageDevonian to Ordovician
Original map labelDO
CommentsIdaho state map shows DO in Dubois 1o x 2o quad, in Lemhi Range and Donkey Hills. Dubois 1o x 2o map (Rember and Bennett, 1979) shows stratigraphic units listed above in that area.
Primary rock typedolostone (dolomite)
Secondary rock typelimestone
Other rock typesarenite; chert
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)Saturday Mtn, Laketown, Jefferson, Grandview Fms
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > Arenite (Bed)Kinnikinic Quartzite
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)Three Forks Limestone
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Lense)in dolomite of Saturday Mountain Fm
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.
Rember, W.C., and Bennett, E.H., 1979, Geologic map of the Dubois quadrangle, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Map Series, Dubois 2o quadrangle, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverageButte - Custer - Lemhi

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