Harding Sandstone
{{Short description|Geologic formation in Colorado, US}}
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| name = Harding Sandstone
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| type = Formation
| age = Ordovician
| period = Ordovician
| prilithology = Sandstone
| otherlithology = Siltstone, shale
| namedfor = Harding’s quarry, Fremont County
| namedby = Charles D. Walcott (1892)
| region = Central Colorado
| country = {{USA}}
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| underlies = Fremont Formation
| overlies = Manitou Limestone
| thickness = {{convert|26|to|46|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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The Harding Sandstone is a geologic formation in Colorado. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
See also
{{Portal|Earth sciences|Colorado|Paleontology}}
References
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- {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021|df= |archive-date= 25 March 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220325060448/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home|url-status= live}}
{{Chronostratigraphy of Colorado|Paleozoic state=expanded}}
Category:Ordovician southern paleotropical deposits
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