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Siltstone, sandstone, and dolostone; Early Permian marine epicontinental-basin deposits; southeastern Idaho

Lower Permian beds; uppermost portion of the southern Idaho sequence (PPNs).
StateIdaho
NameSiltstone, sandstone, and dolostone; Early Permian marine epicontinental-basin deposits; southeastern Idaho
Geologic ageEarly Permian
Original map labelPs
Primary rock typesiltstone
Secondary rock typearenite
Other rock typesdolostone (dolomite)
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > Arenite (Bed)quartzose sandstone, some calcareous, some cherty
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)some siltstone is calcareous
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)sandy, fossiliferous, near top of 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 Pocatello quadrangle, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Geologic Map Series, Pocatello 2o quadrangle, scale 1:250,000.
Cramer, H.R., 1971, Permian rocks from Sublett Range, southern Idaho: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 55, no. 10, p. 1787-1801.
Geographic coverageCassia - Power

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