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.
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.