| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|
| Badger Flat | 470 - 458 Ma
Ordovician | lime mudstone, "limestone" | 46 |
| Barrel Spring | 461 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic | lime mudstone, "shale"/mudstone, "shale", mudstone | 41 |
| Barrel Spring - Upper | 470 - 458 Ma
Middle Ordovician | shale | 14 |
| Campito - Andrews Mountain | 520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian | sandstone | 19 |
| Campito - Montenegro | 530 - 513 Ma
Cambrian | siliciclastic, siltstone/sandstone, sandstone/packstone, siltstone, "shale"/sandstone, sandstone/"limestone", "shale"/siltstone, "limestone"/sandstone, sandstone, "limestone"/siltstone | 147 |
| Poleta | 516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian | shale, siltstone, "limestone", "reef rocks", "siliciclastic", "limestone"/siltstone | 70 |
| Poleta - middle | 516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian | siltstone/"limestone", sandstone/siltstone, "shale", siltstone/sandstone | 29 |
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