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Gallatin Limestone, Gros Ventre Formation and equivalents, and Flathead Sandstone (N) or Cambrian Rocks (S)

GALLATIN LIMESTONE, GROS VENTRE FORMATION and equivalents, and FLATHEAD SANDSTONE (north Wyoming). GALLATIN LIMESTONE--Blue-gray and yellow mottled hard dense limestone. GROS VENTRE FORMATION--Soft green micaceous shale (Upper and Middle Cambrian Park Shale Member), underlain by blue-gray and yellow mottled hard dense limestone (Middle Cambrian Death Canyon Limestone Member), and soft green micaceous shale (Middle Cambrian Wolsey Shale Member). FLATHEAD SANDSTONE--Dull-red quartzitic sandstone. CAMBRIAN ROCKS (south Wyoming). South flank of Granite Mountains--Blue-gray and yellow mottled hard dense limestone interbedded with soft green micaceous shale; dull-red quartzitic sandstone at base. On and south of Rawlins uplift--Glauconitic quartzitic sandstone.
StateWyoming
NameGallatin Limestone, Gros Ventre Formation and equivalents, and Flathead Sandstone (N) or Cambrian Rocks (S)
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Paleozoic | Cambrian-Middle Cambrian-Furongian
Original map label_r
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typesandstone
Other rock typesshale
Lithologic constituents
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone
Map references
Love, J.D. and Christiansen, Ann Coe, 1985, Geologic Map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey.
Unit references
Love, J.D. and Christiansen, Ann Coe, 1985, Geologic Map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey.
Geographic coverageBig Horn - Carbon - Fremont - Johnson - Natrona - Park - Sheridan - Washakie

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