Hanson Creek Formation Explained

Hanson Creek Formation
Type:	Geologic formation
Age:	Dapingian-Katian (Ibexian-Richmondian)
Period:	Late Ordovician
Prilithology:	Limestone
Otherlithology:	Dolomite, sandstone
Namedfor:	Hanson Creek
Region:	Nevada
Coordinates:	39°N -116°W
Paleocoordinates:	-7.1°N -74.5°W
Underlies:	Roberts Mountains Formation
Overlies:	Eureka Quartzite
Thickness:	350feet

The Hanson Creek Formation is a geologic formation in Nevada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Dapingian-Katian (Ibexian-Richmondian in the regional stratigraphy) stages of the Ordovician period.^[1]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada
• Paleontology in Nevada

Further reading

• W. C. Sweet. 2000. Conodonts and Biostratigraphy of Upper Ordovician Strata Along a Shelf to Basin Transect in Central Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 74(6):1148-1160
• G. W. Renz. 1990. Late Ordovician (Caradocian) radiolarians from Nevada. Micropaleontology 36(4):367-377
• R. J. Elias. 1983. Late Ordovician solitary rugose corals of the Stony Mountain Formation, southern Manitoba, and its equivalents. Journal of Paleontology 57(5):924-956
• R. J. Ross, Jr., T. B. Nolan, and A.G. Harris. 1980. The Upper Ordovician and Silurian Hanson Creek Formation of central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (1126-A-J)C1-C22
• R. J. Rose, Jr., T. B. Nolan, and A. G. Harris. 1979. The Upper Ord. and Sil. Hanson Cr. Fm. of central NV. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1126C
• R. J. Ross, Jr. 1970. Ordovician Brachiopods, Trilobites, and Stratigraphy in Eastern and Central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 639:1-99

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Hanson%20Creek&group_formation_member=Hanson%20Creek Hanson Creek Formation