Fossil Mountain lies in the Southern end of the confusion range. In the photo above, the Eureka "quartzite" (in reality, a sandstone) tops the sequence, The Crystal Peak dolomite (the gray strata), the Watson Ranch "quartzite" (also a sandstone), then the Lehman Fm, Kanosh shale, Juab limestone, and Wah Wah limestone (I had fun saying that name).
Listric normal faulting has rotated strata, then a younger volcanic system emplaced the horizontal lava flows above (an angular unconformity).
Our instructor, Forest Gahn discusses stratigraphy and correlation of units across the valley. The Eureka unit near the top of the sequence lies at the valley floor and dips toward us: evidence of listric normal faults. Fossils found at this site: nautiloids, orthid brachiopods, gastropods, crinoids, ostrocodes, and sparse trilobites (typically fragmented); fauna of the Early Ordivician.
Surficial layers of sandstone units are bioturbated (burrowed), another indication of transgressive sea level.
Fossil Mountain lies in the Southern end of the confusion range. In the photo above, the Eureka "quartzite" (in reality, a sandstone) tops the sequence, The Crystal Peak dolomite (the gray strata), the Watson Ranch "quartzite" (also a sandstone), then the Lehman Fm, Kanosh shale, Juab limestone, and Wah Wah limestone (I had fun saying that name).
Listric normal faulting has rotated strata, then a younger volcanic system emplaced the horizontal lava flows above (an angular unconformity).
Our instructor, Forest Gahn discusses stratigraphy and correlation of units across the valley. The Eureka unit near the top of the sequence lies at the valley floor and dips toward us: evidence of listric normal faults. Fossils found at this site: nautiloids, orthid brachiopods, gastropods, crinoids, ostrocodes, and sparse trilobites (typically fragmented); fauna of the Early Ordivician.
Surficial layers of sandstone units are bioturbated (burrowed), another indication of transgressive sea level.
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