Mississippian stratigraphy of the Diamond Peak area, Eureka County, Nevada / by David A. Brew. With a section on the biostratigraphy and age of the carboniferous formations, by Mackenzie Gordon, Jr.

Abstract
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Location and geography
Previous work
Terminology
Geologic setting
Regional stratigraphy
Regional structure
Stratigraphic nomenclature
Stratigraphy
Devonian System
Devils Gate Limestone
Devonian and Mississippian Systems
Pilot Shale
Mississippian System
Joana Limestone
Relations of Chainman and Diamond Peak Formations
Chainman Formation
Water Canyon facies
Black Point facies
Descriptive stratigraphy of Diamond Peak Formation
Contact of Diamond Peak and Chainman Formations
Contact of Diamond Peak Formation and Ely Limestone
Diamond Peak Formation of lower plate of Bold Bluff thrust fault
Depositional environments
Siltrock
Sandstone
Conglomerate
Clayrock
Limestone
Limestone-phenoplast conglomerate
Summary
Mississippian and Pennsylvanian Systems
Descriptive stratigraphy of Ely Limestone
Lower member
Upper member
Depositional environment
Permian System
Carbon Ridge Formation
Cretaceous System
Newark Canyon Formation
Tertiary System
Fanglomerate and megabreccia
Igneous rocks
Quaternary deposits
Alluvium
Colluvium
Lake deposits
Biostratigraphy and age of the Carboniferous formations / Mackenzie Gordon, Jr
Introduction
Joana Limestone and its regional relations
Chainman Formation
Diamond Peak Formation
Diamond Peak Formation of the lower plate of the Bold Bluff thrust fault
Regional relations of the Diamond Peak Formation and the Chainman Shale
Ely Limestone
Lower member
Criteria for recognizing the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian boundary
Regional distribution of the Mississippian part of the Ely Limestone
Correlation with Homoceras zone
Upper member
Conclusions
Register of fossil collecting localities in the Diamond Peak area, Nevada
Collections from Diamond Peak measured section
Foraminiferal collections
Structure
Folds
Cold Creek syncline
Lesser folds and gentle warps
Faults
Low-angle faults
Bold Bluff thrust fault
Related minor thrusts and folds
Extent and significance
High-angle normal faults
Boundary faults
Alpha fault
Newark Valley fault
Faults within the range (internal faults)
Newark fault
Sadler Canyon fault complex
Combination boundary and internal faults
Robinson Springs fault
Adobe Canyon fault
Summary
Geologic history
Late Devonian and Early Mississippian sedimentation
Early Mississippian deformation
Late Mississippian through Middle Pennsylvanian sedimentation
Chainman Formation
Diamond Peak Formation
Ely Limestone
Post-Middle Pennsylvanian deformation
Early Permian sedimentation
Post-Early Permian deformation
Early Cretaceous sedimentation
Later events
Conclusions
Stratigraphic section of the upper part of the Black Point facies of the Chainman Formation, the type section of the Diamond Peak Formation, and the lower part of the Ely Limestone
References cited
Index.