Devonian Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Roberts Mountains Region, Nevada

Geology of the Carlin gold deposit, Nevada

“…The upper 1 to 2m of the Eureka Quartzite is poorly con solidated sandstone, similar to that described by Merriam (1940) and Merriam and Anderson (1942) at the top of the Eureka in the Roberts Mountains. Roen (1961, p. 46) gave a good description of these sandy beds in the Lynn win dow:…”

“…The remaining 40 percent of the rock is the matrix of which about 35 percent is calcite and 5 percent is illite. The name "Hanson Creek Formation" was first pro posed by Merriam (1940) for dolomite and limestone beds, about 150m thick, between the Eureka Quartzite and the Roberts Mountains Formation near Eureka, Nev. The type section is along Pete Hanson Creek on the northwest side of Roberts Creek Mountain, 56km northwest of Eureka.…”

Geology of the Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Proving Grounds area, Nevada

“…The Hanson Creek limestone of the Eureka district, Nevada (Merriam, 1940;Nolan and others, 1956) is about the same age.…”

“…The Devils Gate limestone (Merriam, 1940) of the Eureka area, Nevada, was formerly included in the original "Nevada limestone" of Hague (1892). Because of distinctive lithologic characteristics and faunas it is now considered a separate formation.…”

Lower-Middle Devonian rugose coral faunas of Nevada: Contribution to an understanding of the "barren" E Zone and Choteč Event in the Great Basin

“…3 herein) are widely distributed in the patulus (undivided) and costatus zones of central Nevada. Units in which crinoidal packstones of this age are especially characteristic, have been assigned to: 1) crinoidal member, middle Nevada Formation (Merriam 1940); 2) crinoidal unit or member, Telegraph Canyon Formation (Johnson et al 1968, Murphy & Gronberg 1970; 3) unit 3, Nevada Formation (Merriam 1974); 4) Denay Limestone ; 5) crinoidal member Union Mountain Formation (Klapper & Johnson 1975, Kendall et al 1983; 6) Coils Creek Limestone (Johnson et al 1986); 7) upper Sadler Ranch Formation (Morrow 2007). In this paper, units of this kind on Lone Mountain and northern Antelope Range are referred to as crinoidal units of the Sadler Ranch Formation.…”