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Late Paleozoic stratigraphy of central Cochise County, Arizona

James Gilluly, John Roberts Cooper, J. Stewart Williams

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____---_-_-____-_-____________________._ Introduction. ______________________________________ Priorwork_________________________________________ Mississippian rocks_________________________________ Escabrosa limestone___________________________ Distribution and general character.___________ Stratigraphy. ______________________________ Thickness________________________________ Representative sections____________________ Fauna and correlation of the Escabrosa limestone, by James Steele Williams. _________ __ Collections from Tombstone Hills_______ Collections from Dragoon Mountains____ Collections from Gunnison Hills __________ Collections from other localities________ Character and age of the fauna___________ Register of U. S. Geological Survey collections from localities not in stratigraphic sections described in this report_______ Pre-Black Prince disconformity_________________ Black Prince limestone________-_____-___________ Name.____________________________________ Distribution and topographic expression-______ Stratigraphy______________________________ Representative sections,_____________________ Thickness________________________________ Fauna and correlation of the Black Prince limestone, by James Steele Williams. _________ Collections from Gunnison Hills. _________ Collections from Little Dragoon Mountains. Character and age of the fauna.._________ Register of U. S. Geological Survey collections from Black Prince localities not in stratigraphic sections described in this report.-..-.--_______________________ Mississippian-Pennsylvanian disconformity___________ Pennsy 1 vanian and Permian rocks.___________________ Naco group._________________________________ Name and subdivisions_-____________________ Horquilla limestone_________________________ Name.________________________________ Distribution and topographic expression___ . Stratigraphy ___________________________ Earp formation___________________________ Name and type locality_______________ Distribution and topographic expression. __ Stratigraphy ___________________________ Representative sections__________________ Thickness____________________________ Conditions of deposition.________________ Colina limestone_________ T ________________ Name_____________________________ Distribution and topographic expression. __ Page

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____---_-_-____-_-____________________._ Introduction. ______________________________________ Priorwork_________________________________________ Mississippian rocks_________________________________ Escabrosa limestone___________________________ Distribution and general character.___________ Stratigraphy. ______________________________ Thickness________________________________ Representative sections____________________ Fauna and correlation of the Escabrosa limestone, by James Steele Williams. _________ __ Collections from Tombstone Hills_______ Collections from Dragoon Mountains____ Collections from Gunnison Hills __________ Collections from other localities________ Character and age of the fauna___________ Register of U. S. Geological Survey collections from localities not in stratigraphic sections described in this report_______ Pre-Black Prince disconformity_________________ Black Prince limestone________-_____-___________ Name.____________________________________ Distribution and topographic expression-______ Stratigraphy______________________________ Representative sections,_____________________ Thickness________________________________ Fauna and correlation of the Black Prince limestone, by James Steele Williams. _________ Collections from Gunnison Hills. _________ Collections from Little Dragoon Mountains. Character and age of the fauna.._________ Register of U. S. Geological Survey collections from Black Prince localities not in stratigraphic sections described in this report.-..-.--_______________________ Mississippian-Pennsylvanian disconformity___________ Pennsy 1 vanian and Permian rocks.___________________ Naco group._________________________________ Name and subdivisions_-____________________ Horquilla limestone_________________________ Name.________________________________ Distribution and topographic expression___ . Stratigraphy ___________________________ Earp formation___________________________ Name and type locality_______________ Distribution and topographic expression. __ Stratigraphy ___________________________ Representative sections__________________ Thickness____________________________ Conditions of deposition.________________ Colina limestone_________ T ________________ Name_____________________________ Distribution and topographic expression. __ Page

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____---_-_-____-_-____________________._ Introduction. ______________________________________ Priorwork_________________________________________ Mississippian rocks_________________________________ Escabrosa limestone___________________________ Distribution and general character.___________ Stratigraphy. ______________________________ Thickness________________________________ Representative sections____________________ Fauna and correlation of the Escabrosa limestone, by James Steele Williams. _________ __ Collections from Tombstone Hills_______ Collections from Dragoon Mountains____ Collections from Gunnison Hills __________ Collections from other localities________ Character and age of the fauna___________ Register of U. S. Geological Survey collections from localities not in stratigraphic sections described in this report_______ Pre-Black Prince disconformity_________________ Black Prince limestone________-_____-___________ Name.____________________________________ Distribution and topographic expression-______ Stratigraphy______________________________ Representative sections,_____________________ Thickness________________________________ Fauna and correlation of the Black Prince limestone, by James Steele Williams. _________ Collections from Gunnison Hills. _________ Collections from Little Dragoon Mountains. Character and age of the fauna.._________ Register of U. S. Geological Survey collections from Black Prince localities not in stratigraphic sections described in this report.-..-.--_______________________ Mississippian-Pennsylvanian disconformity___________ Pennsy 1 vanian and Permian rocks.___________________ Naco group._________________________________ Name and subdivisions_-____________________ Horquilla limestone_________________________ Name.________________________________ Distribution and topographic expression___ . Stratigraphy ___________________________ Earp formation___________________________ Name and type locality_______________ Distribution and topographic expression. __ Stratigraphy ___________________________ Representative sections__________________ Thickness____________________________ Conditions of deposition.________________ Colina limestone_________ T ________________ Name_____________________________ Distribution and topographic expression. __ Page

Key concepts: Paleozoic, Stratigraphy, Geology, Paleontology, Archaeology, Geography, Tectonics

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