Harding Sandstone

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Colorado, US}}

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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.

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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 Colorado

Category:Ordovician southern paleotropical deposits

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