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Lithology

Conglomerate

Chert

Conglomerate

Other (886 mi²)

Geologic Age

Mississippian – Permian (359.3 Ma – 252.23 Ma ago)

Geologic Unit Label

PPAMa

Phosphoria Formation and Related Rocks (Thrust Belt) - Upper part is dark- to light-gray chert and shale with black shale and phosphorite at top; lower part is black shale, phosphorite, and cherty dolomite. Phosphoria Formation and Related Rocks (Northern Yellowstone area) - Brown sandstone and dolomite, cherty phosphatic and glauconitic dolomite, phosphatic sandstone and dolomite, and greenish-gray to black shale. Intertonguing equivalent is Shedhorn Sandstone. Phosphoria Formation and Related Rocks (North Wyoming) - Brown sandstone and dolomite, cherty phosphatic and glauconitic dolomite, phosphatic sandstone and dolomite, and greenish-gray to black shale. Intertonguing equivalents of parts of Phosphoria are Park City Formation (primarlily cherty dolomite, limestone, and phosphatic gray shale) and Shedhorn Sandstone. Wells Formation - Gray limestone interbedded with yellow limy sandstone. Amsden Formation (Thrust Belt) - Red and gray cherty limestone and shale, sandstone, and conglomerate. Amsden Formation (Northern Yellowstone area) - Red and green dolomitic shale, siltstone, and sandstone. Amsden Formation (North Wyoming) - Red and green shale and dolomite; at base is brown sandstone. Quadrant Sandstone - Light-gray sandstone. Tensleep Sandstone - White to gray sandstone containing thin limestone and dolomite beds. Permian fossils have been found in the topmost beds of the Tensleep at some localities in Washakie Range, Owl Creek Mountains, and southern Bighorn Mountains.

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