Pogonip Group Explained

Pogonip Group
Type:Geologic group
Age:Early Ordovician stage
Ordovician period
Namedfor:Pogonip Ridge, White Pine County, Nevada[1]
Namedby:Clarence King
Region:Nevada
Utah
Country:United States
Subunits:Antelope Valley Limestone
Ninemile Formation
Goodwin Limestone[2]
Underlies:Copenhagen Formation
Overlies:Windfall Formation

The Pogonip Group is an Ordovician period geologic group located in southern Nevada and in Utah.

Geology

Its subunits in Nevada, from youngest/later to oldest/earlier, are:

It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Ordovician stage of the Ordovician period.

See also

Notes and References

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