The Fish Haven Dolomite, like the Ely Springs Dolomite, was formed by subtidal to intertidal shallow shelf carbonates, deposited in water depths of 100 feet (30 m) or less in lagoonal and shallow shoal settings.[1]
fish, haven, dolomite, ordovician, period, geologic, formation, southern, idaho, northeastern, nevada, northwestern, utah, stratigraphic, range, ordovician, periodtypegeologic, formationunderlieslaketown, dolomiteoverlieseureka, quartzitethickness3, feet, lith. The Fish Haven Dolomite is an Ordovician period geologic formation in southern Idaho northeastern Nevada and northwestern Utah 1 Fish Haven DolomiteStratigraphic range Ordovician periodTypeGeologic formationUnderliesLaketown DolomiteOverliesEureka QuartziteThickness3 570 feet 0 91 173 74 m LithologyPrimaryDolomiteLocationRegionIdahoNevadaUtahCountryUnited StatesType sectionNamed forFish Haven CreekNamed byRichardson 1913 Contents 1 Geology 2 Fossils 3 See also 4 ReferencesGeology editIt was named for Fish Haven Creek in the Bear River Range near the Utah Idaho state line 1 Other locations it is found in include the Schell Creek Range Goshute Mountains Deep Creek Range Pilot Range and Toana John Mountains 1 The Dolomite formation overlies the Eureka Quartzite formation and underlies the Laketown Dolomite formation 1 The Fish Haven Dolomite like the Ely Springs Dolomite was formed by subtidal to intertidal shallow shelf carbonates deposited in water depths of 100 feet 30 m or less in lagoonal and shallow shoal settings 1 Fossils editThe formation preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period of the Paleozoic Era 2 See also edit nbsp Paleontology portal nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fish Haven Dolomite Ordovician United States List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Idaho List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in UtahReferences edit a b c d e Westerncordillera com Fish Haven Dolomite Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database Fossilworks Gateway to the Paleobiology Database Retrieved 17 December 2021 nbsp This article about a specific stratigraphic formation in Nevada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a specific stratigraphic formation in Utah is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to the Ordovician period is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fish Haven Dolomite amp oldid 1155871780, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
