GRD02DWS0

W63-46

Recrystallization

Paleozoic › Silurian
416.0 - 444.0

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Camp Elliott

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Dark grey limestone with shell and echinoderm fragments. Original description: Roberts Mountain formation.

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Nevada
Roberts Mountains, Eureka
Latitude: 39.921059°
Longitude: -116.297836°

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B: Recrystallized echinoderm fragment

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B: Recrystallized echinoderm fragment

5.0

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Srm-3A

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Srm-3A

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Srm-3B

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Srm-3B

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Srm-3C

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Srm-3C

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GRD02DWT0: Srm-3A: Large calcite patches (recrystallized echinoderm fragments?). Poorly preserved shell fragments. (C. Eichler)

GRD02DWT1: Srm-3B: Coarsely crystalline calcite. Poorly preserved, recrystallized shell and echinoderm fragments. (C. Eichler)

GRD02DWT2: Srm-3C: Crystalline carbonate with poorly preserved shell fragments (C. Eichler)

H.DodgeLetter.pdf (1.1 GB)
A letter from E.L. Winterer to H. Dodge of the USGS regarding the Silurian Roberts Mountain samples.

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