Ely Springs Dolomite

Ely Springs Dolomite
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician Period
Type Geologic formation
Underlies Hidden Valley Dolomite (in California)
Lithology
Primary Dolomite
Location
Region Mojave Desert in California,
Nevada,
Utah
Country United States
Type section
Named for Ely Springs Range

The Ely Springs Dolomite is an Ordovician period geologic formation in the Southwestern United States.

The Dolomite formation is exposed in areas of the northern Mojave Desert in Inyo County, California, southern Nevada including the Ely Springs Range, and southwestern Utah. [1]

Fossils

It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period of the Paleozoic Era. [2]

See also

References


Preceded by Proterozoic Eon Phanerozoic Eon
Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era Cenozoic Era
Cambrian Ordovician Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Permian Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Paleogene Neogene 4ry



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