State | Utah |
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Name | Prospect Mountain Quartzite |
Geologic age | Early Cambrian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > Arenite (Bed)sedimentary quartzite; well cemented; low grade burial metamorphism
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)pebble conglomerate
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Comments | near edge of rifted margin |
References | Hintze, L.F., 1980, Geologic map of Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, scale 1:500,000.Hintze, L.F., 1988, Geologic History of Utah: Brigham Young University Geology Studies Special Publication 7, 202 p. |
NGMDB product | |
Counties | Beaver - Box Elder - Juab - Millard - Tooele |