Hidden Valley Dolomite

Hidden Valley Dolomite
Stratigraphic range: SilurianDevonian Periods
Type Geologic formation
Underlies Lost Burro Formation
Overlies Ely Springs Dolomite
Thickness 1,000–1,300 feet (300–400 m)
Lithology
Primary Dolomite
Location
Region Mojave Desert
California
Country United States
Type section
Named for Hidden Valley
Named by McAllister (1952)

The Hidden Valley Dolomite is a SilurianDevonian geologic formation in the northern Mojave Desert of California, in the western United States.

Locations where it is exposed include sections of the southern Inyo Mountains and the Talc City Hills. [1]

Hidden Valley Dolomite overlies the Ely Springs Dolomite formation, and underlies the Lost Burro Formation formation. [1]

Paleontology

Outcrops of the Hidden Valley Dolomite formation's Lippincott Member in Death Valley National Park have produced fossils of the fishes Panamintaspis snowi and Blieckaspis priscillae along with the remains of other jawless fishes and a small arthrodire placoderm.[2] [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Google Books: United States Geological Survey Professional Paper - "Geology and ore deposits of Inyo County, California"
  2. "Death Valley National Park," Hunt, Santucci, and Kenworthy (2006); page 63.
  3. Hunt, ReBecca K., Vincent L. Santucci and Jason Kenworthy. 2006. "A preliminary inventory of fossil fish from National Park Service units." in S.G. Lucas, J.A. Spielmann, P.M. Hester, J.P. Kenworthy, and V.L. Santucci (ed.s), Fossils from Federal Lands. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 34, pp. 63–69.


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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