Sultan Limestone

Usage of Geologic Unit Name:
Sultan Limestone (CA*,NV*,UT*)

Mississippian, Early*
Devonian, Late*
Devonian, Middle*
Great Basin province*
CA*
NV*
UT*
Type Locality:
Not stated. Well exposed in vicinity of Sultan mine, Goodspring quad, southeastern NV (Hewett, 1931). [Geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200]
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Crystal Pass Member (CA,NV*,UT*), /Ironside Member (CA,NV*), Valentine Dolomite Member (CA,NV*) or Valentine Member (CA,NV*).
Unit Name History:
Named (D.F. Hewett, 1931, USGS Prof. Paper 162, p. 10, 13) [Geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200].
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Note that data on this page contains information that has been partly revised from bibliographic resources
available at the time this report was compiled.
The primary sources were the GeoRef Database and the National Geologic Map Database GEOLEX: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/geolex_qs.html.
The URL is: https://gotbooks.miracosta.edu/gonp/coloradoplateau/lexicon/sultan.htm
Last modified:8/10/2006