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Sandstone, limestone, and shale; Upper Triassic marine to non-marine epicontinental deposits; southeastern Idaho

Upper Triassic shallow-marine to non-marine sediments; oxidized shale, siltstone, limestone, and conglomeratic sandstone of eastern Idaho.
StateIdaho
NameSandstone, limestone, and shale; Upper Triassic marine to non-marine epicontinental deposits; southeastern Idaho
Geologic ageLate Triassic
Original map labelTRu
CommentsIn southeastern Idaho, Wood shale tongue of upper Ankareh Fm overlies Higham grit and Deadman Limestone of lower Nugget Fm
Primary rock typeshale
Secondary rock typesiltstone
Other rock typeslimestone; sandstone; chert
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)Wood shale, bright red
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)Higham grit, conglomeratic
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)Deadman limestone, gray-blue
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)siltstone in Wood shale
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Lense)chert in Deadman limestone
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.
Mansfield, G.R., 1916, Subdivisions of the Thaynes Limestone and Nugget Sandstone, Mesozoic, in the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho: Washington Academy of Sciences Journal, v. 6., p. 31-42.
Cressman, E.R., 1964, Geology of the Georgetown Canyon-Snowdrift Mountain area, southeastern Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1153, 105 p.
Geographic coverageBear Lake - Caribou

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