Juab Limestone

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Utah, United States}}

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| type = Formation

| age = Ordovician

| period = Ordovician

| prilithology = Limestone

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| region = Utah, Nevada

| country = United States

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The Juab Limestone is a geologic formation in Utah. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.{{cite web |title=Juan Limestone, Utah USA |url=https://www.mindat.org/paleo_strat.php?id=7936 |website=Mindat.org |publisher=Hudson Institute of Minerology |access-date=5 September 2024}}{{cite web |title=National Geologic Map Database |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/UnitRefs/JuabRefs_9018.html |website=U.S. Geologic Survey |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior}}

See also

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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|archive-date= 19 August 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220819182839/https://www.fossilworks.org/|url-status= dead}}

Category:Ordovician geology of Utah

Category:Ordovician southern paleotropical deposits

Category:Limestone formations of the United States

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