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Dolostone, shale, and chert; Silurian marine inner continental-shelf deposits

Upper and Middle Silurian fossiliferous dolomite; clay, silt and sand near base.
StateIdaho
NameDolostone, shale, and chert; Silurian marine inner continental-shelf deposits
Geologic ageLate and Middle Silurian
Original map labelS
Primary rock typedolostone (dolomite)
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock typeschert
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)sparsely fossiliferous, sandy in western facies
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Lense)dolomite is locally sparsely cherty
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)shaly to silty interbeds in western facies
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.
Oriel, S.S., and Platt, L.B., 1980, Geologic map of the Preston 1o x 2o quadrangle, southeastern Idaho and western Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series, Map I-1127, scale 1:250,000.
Isaacson, P.E., 1983, Stratigraphic correlation of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Information Circular 37.
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.
Geographic coverageBannock - Bear Lake - Caribou - Franklin - Oneida - Power

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