Monday, March 27, 2023

26 Ord Cotter DO Carroll Co Stone

 

  • Photo

  • Lidar Scan

  • ERA: Paleozoic
  • Period: Ordovician (wiki, alpha)
  • Epoch: Early
  • Age: 485-470 million years ago
  • Formation: Cotter
  • Lithology: Dolomite
  • Original location: 36.34912,-93.53057
  • Donor organization: Carroll County Stone
  • Donor contact: Eric Tesch / Michael Boardman
  • Financial support: 
    • Mac and Karen McGilvery
    • Jamie Woolsey
  • MacNote: Medium grained dolostone with common algal structures suggesting pertidal to inter tidal conditions. Vugs containing saddle dolomite crystals and or calcite fillings are common. Note aligned vugular porosity along algal bedding plane

03 Paleo Midway LS AGS

Photo Lidar Scan ERA: Cenozoic Period: Tertiary Epoch: Paleocene ( wiki , alpha ) Age: 66-56 million years ago Formation: Midway Group Litho...