Joana Limestone
Appearance
Joana Limestone | |
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Stratigraphic range: Early Mississippian series Carboniferous Period | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | White Pine Group |
Underlies | Chainman Formation |
Overlies | Pilot Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Region | White Pine County, Nye County Nevada |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Joana Mine |
Named by | Spencer, 1917 |
The Joana Limestone is a limestone geologic formation in White Pine County and Nye County Nevada.
Description
[edit]The Joana Limestone was named for exposures at the Joana Mine on the south side of Robinson Canyon, 2 miles north of Ely, Nevada.[1]
It was formed during the Early Mississippian series of the Carboniferous Period.
It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.[2]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Western Cordillera.com: Joana Limestone (formation)
- ^ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Nevada
- Limestone formations of the United States
- Geography of Nye County, Nevada
- Geography of White Pine County, Nevada
- Carboniferous geology of Nevada
- Mississippian United States
- Carboniferous System of North America
- Carboniferous southern paleotropical deposits
- Nevada geologic formation stubs
- Carboniferous stubs