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TitleProterozoic-age Bass Limestone, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
DescriptionView down the Colorado River of the Proterozoic-age Bass Limestone in area of Hance's Mine, Grand Canyon National Park. The Bass is dominantly a gray dolomitized limestone, with various bands of red shale, gray chert, carbonate conglomerates and breccias. The Bass is overlain by the Hakatai Shale.
ChronostratigraphyProterozoic
LithostratigraphyBass Limestone
Geologic provinceColorado Plateau
LocationUSA ▹ Arizona ▹ Coconino. Near Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.
PhotographerJoseph Hartman. 1985.
CollectionJoseph Hartman P05080.
Key wordsGrand Canyon National Park
Tech details497 KB. Outcrop. Kodachrome, TIFF format.
GeoDIL number1367