Petrology and Regional Relationships of the Ordovician Kinnikinic Formation and Equivalents, Central and Southern Idaho

• Main Author: James, William Calvin
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@USU 1973
• Subjects: petrology; regional relationships; ordovician; kinnikinic formation; equivalents; central Idaho; Southern Idaho; Geology; Albion; British Columbia; Canada; Eureka; Mount Wilson; Peace River
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6646; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7700&context=etd

The Kinnikinic Formation of central Idaho is a sedimentary unit consisting principally of orthoquartzite. From its maximum measured thickness of 2285 feet in the central Lemhi Range near Gilmore, Idaho, it thins westward to 376 feet at the type section and southward to 326 feet near Arco, Idaho. Nor...