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  • Usage in publication:
    • Black Panther marker bed (informal) of local usage
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
Publication:

Morris, H.T., and Lovering, T.S., 1961, Stratigraphy of the East Tintic Mountains, Utah, with a section on Quaternary deposits by H.D. Goode: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 361, 145 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:96,000) [Available online from the USGS PubsWarehouse: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/pp/pp361]


Summary:

Pg. 66, 68, 69. Black Panther marker bed (informal; of local usage) in lower member of Bluebell dolomite. Dusky-gray to grayish-black dolomite; prominently banded with thin and thick layers that range in color from medium dark-gray to creamy-white. Base marked by a flat-pebble conglomerate. Thickness 45 feet. Occurs above Beecher beds of local usage, 130-170 feet above base of Bluebell. Fossiliferous (brachiopods, cephalopods). Age is Silurian, based on fossils.

Source: Publication.


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