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The Bear Gulch Limestone is commonly considered to be part of the Heath Formation, the youngest formation in the Big Snowy Group of central Montana. [1] [14] [2] [15] Some authors instead consider the Bear Gulch Limestone to be an early member of the Tyler Formation, a patchy but widespread unit of Carboniferous limestone and terrestrial sediments.
Rimini, (/ ˈ r ɪ m ə n aɪ /) is a ghost town in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States. It is one of the oldest mining districts in the state. It was established when silver lodes were discovered in 1864. Other names for the district were Lewis and Clark, Tenmile, Vaughn, Colorado, and Bear Gulch. [3] It was the site of Camp Rimini.
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Granite County, Montana, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
In First Chance Gulch in western Montana, the town is located 11 miles up the Garnet Range Road, in mountains and forest. The town is at approximately 6,000 feet (1,800 m) elevation. The nearest city is Missoula , approximately 20 miles (32 km) to the west.
Heteropetalus is a genus of chondrichthyan from the Mississippian age Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana, United States. One species, H. elegantulus, is known. [1] [2] Known fossils of Heteropetalus are exceptionally well preserved, displaying details of the soft tissue anatomy such as an opercular cover over the gills. [3]
The bear gulch limestone is a fossil deposit from the Big Snowy Mountains of Montana. It is a smaller part of the larger St. louis limestone, which dates to the middle carboniferous. During the time, the area was a series of mudflats and lagoons with brackish and freshwater. [7] Many theories have been put forth for the preservation.
Bear Gulch Limestone: 324 Ma: Montana, US A limestone-rich geological lens in central Montana. It is renowned for its unusual and ecologically diverse fossil composition of chondrichthyans, the group of cartilaginous fish containing modern sharks, rays, and chimaeras.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Fossils have been discovered in Bear Gulch Limestone, Montana, USA. [1]