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Nugget Sandstone
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(Thrust Belt) - Buff to pink crossbedded well-sized and well-sorted quartz sandstone and quartzite; locally has oil and copper-silver-zinc mineralization. (North Wyoming) - Gray to dull-red, crossbedded quartz sandstone.
State
Wyoming
Name
Nugget Sandstone
Geologic age
Jurassic(?) and Triassic(?)
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone
References
Love, J.D. and Christiansen, A.C., 1985, Geologic Map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70046739
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Counties
Fremont
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Lincoln
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Sublette
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Teton