Mississippian, Devonian, and Cambrian sedimentary rocks (AZMCA;0)

Mississippian, Devonian, and Cambrian sedimentary rocks

Brown to dark gray sandstone grades upward into green and gray shale, overlain by light to medium gray or tan limestone and dolostone. This unit includes the Tapeats Sandstone, Bright Angel Shale, Muav Limestone, Temple Butte Formation and Redwall Limestone in northern Arizona, and the Bolsa Quartzite, Abrigo Formation, Martin Formation, and Escabrosa Limestone in southern Arizona. These rocks record intermittent sea-level rise and inundation in early Paleozoic time. (330-540 Ma)

State	Arizona
Name	Mississippian, Devonian, and Cambrian sedimentary rocks
Geologic age	Cambrian, Devonian, and Mississippian
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed) Minor Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)
Stratigraphic units	Tapeats Sandstone, Bright Angel Shale, Muav Limestone, Temple Butte Formation, Redwall Limestone, Bolsa Quartzite, Abrigo Formation, Martin Formation, Escabrosa Limestone
References	Richard, S.M., Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., and Pearthree, P.A., 2000, Geologic Map of Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Map 35, 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000. Beus, S.S., 1989, Devonian and Mississippian geology of Arizona, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., editors, Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 17, p. 287-311. Middleton, L.T., 1989, Cambrian and Ordovician depositional systems in Arizona, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., editors, Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 17, p. 273-286.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 34746
Counties	Cochise - Coconino - Gila - Greenlee - Maricopa - Mohave - Navajo - Pima - Pinal - Santa Cruz - Yavapai

Mississippian, Devonian, and Cambrian sedimentary rocks

Richard, S.M., Reynolds, S.J., Spencer, J.E., and Pearthree, P.A., 2000, Geologic Map of Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Map 35, 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Beus, S.S., 1989, Devonian and Mississippian geology of Arizona, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., editors, Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 17, p. 287-311.

Middleton, L.T., 1989, Cambrian and Ordovician depositional systems in Arizona, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., editors, Geologic evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 17, p. 273-286.