Limestone, cherty limestone, sandy limestone, and chert-pebble conglomerate (NVPAcd;0)

State	Nevada
Name	Limestone, cherty limestone, sandy limestone, and chert-pebble conglomerate
Geologic age	Pennsylvanian
Original map label	Pcd
Comments	The outcrops in northern Nye County are Ely Limestone (see also NVPPc, and NVPPPc). The Moleen and Tomera Formations range from 1,200 to 1,600 feet thick. Coats, 1987, mapped the outcrops in northern Elko County (near Mary River Peak) with units mapped here in NVPMc.
Primary rock type	limestone
Secondary rock type	conglomerate
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed) Incidental Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)
Map references	Stewart, J.H., and Carlson, J.E., 1978, Geologic Map of Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1:500,000 (not part of any formal series, printed and distributed by the U.S. Geological Survey, G75163, reprinted, 1981, G81386).
Unit references	Stewart, J.H., and Carlson, J.E., 1978, Geologic Map of Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1:500,000 (not part of any formal series, printed and distributed by the U.S. Geological Survey, G75163, reprinted, 1981, G81386). Stewart, J. H., 1980, Geology of Nevada: A discussion to accompany the Geologic Map of Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 4. Coats, R.R., 1987, Geology of Elko County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 101, 112 p., 1 pl. Kleinhampl, F.J., and Ziony, J.I., 1985, Geology of Northern Nye County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 99A, 172 p., 2 pl.
Geographic coverage	Elko - Nye - White Pine