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Pioche Shale, Nevada, USA
Formation | Pioche Shale |
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Member(s) | A Shale C-Shale Combined Metals Comet Shale Grassy Spring Log Cabin Log Cabin Shale Lower Susan Duster Limestone Upper |
Age: | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian |
Interval | Delamaran |
Lithology | shale, sandstone, "limestone" |
Number of Collections | 5 |
Number of Occurrences | 15 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Nopah - Dunderberg Shale | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | wackestone, siltstone/"limestone" | 52 |
Pioche | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | shale, sandstone/"shale" | 17 |
Pioche Shale - C-Shale | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | shale, "limestone" | 44 |
Pioche Shale - Combined Metals | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | limestone, "shale"/"limestone" | 19 |
Pioche Shale - Comet Shale | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | limestone, "shale" | 51 |
Pioche Shale - Grassy Spring | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | shale/"limestone", packstone, grainstone | 247 |
Pioche Shale - Log Cabin | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | limestone/mudstone, "limestone", mudstone | 85 |
Pioche Shale - Log Cabin Shale | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | mudstone, "limestone"/mudstone | 57 |
Pioche Shale - Lower | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | limestone, siltstone/"limestone" | 16 |
Pioche Shale - Susan Duster Limestone | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | limestone, "limestone"/"shale" | 94 |
Pioche Shale - Upper | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | shale/"limestone", "limestone", "limestone"/"shale" | 117 |
Recorded Fossils
References
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!