Monte Cristo Limestone
Usage of Geologic Unit Name:
Monte Cristo Limestone (AZ*,CA*,NV*,UT*)
Monte Cristo Dolomite (NV*)
Monte Cristo Group (NV)
Age:
Mississippian, Early*
Mississippian, Late*
Geologic Province:
Plateau sedimentary province*
Great Basin province*
Mojave basin*
Areal Extent:
AZ(nw)*
CA(se)*
NV(se)*
UT(sw)*
Type Locality:
Named for exposures near Monte Cristo mine, Goodsprings [special] quad, Clark Co., NV (Hewett, 1931; 1956).
Subunits:
Group rank (alphabetical): Anchor Limestone (NV), Arrowhead Limestone (NV), Bullion Dolomite (NV), Dawn Limestone (NV), Yellowpine Limestone (NV).
Formation rank (alphabetical): Anchor Member (AZ*,CA*,NV*), Arrowhead Member (AZ*,CA*,NV*), Bullion Dolomite Member (CA*,NV*) or Bullion Member (AZ*,NV*), Dawn Member (AZ*,CA,NV*), Yellowpine Member (AZ*,CA*,NV*).
Unit Name History:
Named, divided into (ascending): Dawn Limestone, Anchor Limestone, Bullion Dolomite, Arrowhead Limestone, and Yellowpine Limestone Members (Hewett, 1931). Areal limits; Biostratigraphic dating (Hazzard, 1937). Areal limits; Redescribed (Deiss, 1952). Revised (Hazzard, 1954). Mapped (Albritton and others, 1954). Areal limits (Hewett, 1956; Bowyer and others, 1958). Revised (Langenheim and others, 1962). Areal limits (Gordon and Poole, 1968; Tschanz and Pampeyan, 1970; Cornwall, 1972). Biostratigraphic dating; Areal limits (Pierce and Langenheim, 1972). Areal limits (Burchfiel and Davis, 1977; Abbott and others, 1983). Mapped (Armstrong and others, 1987). Areal limits (Spencer, 1990; Maldonado and Schmidt, 1991; Bohannon, 1991). Overview; Areal limits (Hintze and Axen, 1995).

References

Hewett, D.F., 1931, Geology and ore deposits of the Goodsprings quadrangle, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 162, 172 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:62,500).

Hazzard, J.C., 1937, Paleozoic section in the Nopah and Resting Springs Mountains, Inyo County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 33, no. 4, p. 289-339.

Deiss, Charles, 1952, Dolomite deposit near Sloan, Nevada, IN Contributions to general geology, 1951: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 973-C, p. C107-C141, (incl. geologic map, scale 1:4,800).

Albritton, C.C., Jr., Richards, Arthur, Brokaw, A.L. and Reinemund, J.A., 1954, Geologic controls of lead and zinc deposits in Goodspring (Yellow Pine) district, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1010, 111 p.

Hazzard, J.C., 1954, Revision of Devonian and Carboniferous sections, Nopah Range, Inyo County, California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 38, no. 5, p. 878-885.

Hewett, D.F., 1956, Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ivanpah Quadrangle, California and Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 275, 172 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:125,000).

Bowyer, Ben, Pampeyan, E.H. and Longwell, C.R., 1958, Geologic map of Clark County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map, MF-138, 1 sheet, scale 1:200,000.

Langenheim, R.L., Jr., Carss, B.W., Kennerly, J.B., McCutcheon, V.A. and Waines, R.H., 1962, Paleozoic section in Arrow Canyon Range, Clark County, Nevada: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 46, no. 5, p. 592-609.

Gordon, Mackenzie, Jr. and Poole, F.G., 1968, Mississippian-Pennsylvanian boundary in southwestern Nevada and southeastern California, IN Eckel, E.B., ed., Nevada Test Site: Geological Society of America Memoir, 110, p. 157-168.

Tschanz, C.M. and Pampeyan, E.H., 1970, Geology and mineral deposits of Lincoln County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin, no. 73, 188 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:250,000).

Cornwall, H.R., 1972, Geology and mineral deposits of southern Nye County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin, no. 77, 49 p., (incl. geologic maps, scale 1:250,000), Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey.

Pierce, R.W. and Langenheim, R.L., Jr., 1972, Mississippian (Tournaisian-Visean) conodont zones in the Great Basin, southwestern U.S.A.: Newsletters on Stratigraphy, v. 2, no. 1, p. 31-44.

Burchfiel, B.C. and Davis, G.A., 1977, Geology of the Sagamore Canyon-Slaughterhouse Spring area, New York Mountains, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 88, no. 11, p. 1623-1640.

Abbott, J.T., Best, M.G. and Morris, H.T., 1983, Geologic map of the Pine Grove-Blawn Mountain area, Beaver County, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-1479, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

Armstrong, A.K., Smith, C.L., Kennedy, G.L., Sabine, Charles and Mayerle, R.T., 1987, Mineral resources of the Nopah Range Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California, IN Mineral resources of wilderness study areas; Northeastern California Desert Conservation Area, California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1709-C, p. C1-C18, (incl. geologic map, scale 1:62,500).

Spencer, J.E., 1990, Geologic map of the southern Avawatz Mountains, northeastern Mojave Desert region, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map, MF-2117, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

Bohannon, R.G., 1991, Geologic map of the Jacobs Well and southern part of the Elbow Canyon quadrangles, Mohave County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-2167, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

Maldonado, Florian and Schmidt, D.L., 1991, Geologic map of the southern Sheep Range, Fossil Ridge, and Castle Rock area, Clark County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-2806, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

Hintze, L.F. and Axen, G.J., 1995, Geologic map of the Scarecrow Peak Quadrangle, Washington County, Utah and Lincoln Co, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-1759, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.
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