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  • Usage in publication:
    • Barton Canyon member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Young, J.C., 1960, Structure and stratigraphy in north central Schell Creek Range, IN Boettcher, J.W., and Sloan, W.W., Jr., eds., Guidebook to the geology of east-central Nevada: Intermountain Association of Petroleum Geologists, Guidebook for the Annual Field Conference, no. 11, p. 158-172.


Summary:

Pg. 161. Barton Canyon member of the Windfall formation. Name applied to marker bed near base of formation. Consists of 25 to 35 feet of homogeneous medium- to light-gray aphanitic or finely clastic limestone in beds 2 to 3 feet thick. [Age is latest Cambrian.]
Named from exposures in Barton Canyon of Cherry Creek Range, Ely quadrangle, [White Pine Co.], eastern NV.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 226); supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Barton Canyon Limestone Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
    • Biostratigraphic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Palmer, A.R., 1965, Trilobites of the Late Cambrian Pterocephaliid biomere in the Great Basin, United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 493, 105 p.


Summary:

Barton Canyon Member (Young, 1960) of the Windfall Formation is cited as the Barton Canyon Limestone Member. Age is Late Cambrian based of fossils [trilobites].

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Barton Canyon Member
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Brady, M.J., and Rowell, A.J., 1976, Upper Cambrian subtidal blanket carbonate of the miogeocline, eastern Great Basin: Brigham Young University Geology Studies, v. 23, pt. 2, p. 153-163.


Summary:

Barton Canyon Member shown as Barton Canyon Limestone in figure 2. Age is Late Cambrian.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).


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