Gypsum Spring Formation

E930697
geologic formation stratigraphic unit

The Gypsum Spring Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic unit in the western United States, notable for its evaporite-rich deposits that record shallow marine and coastal environments.

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Label Occurrences
Gypsum Spring Formation canonical 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ
contains evaporite deposits ⓘ
marine fossils ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depositionalSetting epeiric sea ⓘ
environmentOfDeposition coastal ⓘ
shallow marine ⓘ
geologicAge Middle Jurassic ⓘ
geologicPeriod Jurassic ⓘ
geologicTimeSpan Bajocian ⓘ
Bathonian ⓘ
hasEconomicResource anhydrite ⓘ
gypsum ⓘ
lithology anhydrite ⓘ
dolomite ⓘ
evaporite ⓘ
gypsum ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
locatedIn Montana ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedFor gypsum-bearing springs ⓘ
overlies Nugget Sandstone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sundance Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Wyoming Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
underlies Morrison Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swift Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Sundance Formation → overlies → Gypsum Spring Formation ⓘ