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Laketown Dolomite - Portage Canyon, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
| Formation | Laketown Dolomite |
|---|---|
| Member | Portage Canyon |
| Age: | 439 - 427 Ma Silurian |
| Interval | Telychian |
| Lithology | dolomite |
| Number of Collections | 8 |
| Number of Occurrences | 18 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Grove Lake Member | White Pine County, Nevada, USA | Laketown Dolomite - Portage Canyon |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laketown Dolomite - Gettel Lake | 441 - 427 Ma Silurian | dolomite | 10 |
| Laketown Dolomite - High Lake | 441 - 439 Ma Silurian | dolomite | 50 |
| Laketown Dolomite - Jack Valley | 439 - 427 Ma Silurian | dolomite | 50 |
| Laketown Dolomite - Tony Grove Lake | 443 - 441 Ma Silurian | dolomite | 19 |
| Lone Mountain Dolomite | 439 - 427 Ma Silurian | dolomite | 1 |
Recorded Fossils
References
| Sheehan P. M. (1982) Late Ordovician and Silurian of the eastern Great Basin Part 4. Late Llandovery and Wenlock brachiopods, Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 50, 1-73 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
