Shooting Iron Formation (WYTsi;0)

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Shooting Iron Formation

SHOOTING IRON FORMATION--Greenish-gray to pink tuffaceous lacustrine and fluviatile claystone and siltstone, fine-grained sandstone, and conglomerate.

State	Wyoming
Name	Shooting Iron Formation
Geologic age	Phanerozoic \| Cenozoic \| Tertiary \| Pliocene
Primary rock type	fine-grained mixed clastic
Secondary rock type	medium-grained mixed clastic
Other rock types	mixed clastic/volcanic
Lithologic constituents	Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Claystone (Tuffaceous) Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Tuffaceous) Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate
Map references	Love, J.D. and Christiansen, Ann Coe, 1985, Geologic Map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr83802]
Unit references	Love, J.D. and Christiansen, Ann Coe, 1985, Geologic Map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr83802]
Counties	Teton