| State | Utah |
|---|---|
| Name | Temple Butte and Muddy Peak Limestones |
| Geologic age | Devonian |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed, Calcareous)calcareous in part
|
| Comments | no Ordovician or Silurian in southwest or east Utah; either not deposited or eroded |
| 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.Ritter, S.M., 1991, Conodont-based revision of Upper Devonian-Lower Pennsylvanian stratigraphy in the Lake Mead region of northwestern Arizona and southeastern Nevada: Brigham Young University Geology Studies v. 37, p. 125-138. |
| NGMDB product | |
| Counties | Washington |