Belt Supergroup

GPTKB entity

Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geologic supergroup
gptkbp:age gptkb:Mesoproterozoic
gptkbp:contains Missoula Group
Piegan Group
Purcell Supergroup (in Canada)
Ravalli Group
Yellowstone Group
gptkbp:depositionalEnvironment lacustrine
shallow marine
deltaic
gptkbp:economicMinerals gptkb:lead
copper
silver
zinc
gptkbp:exposedBy gptkb:British_Columbia
gptkb:Idaho
gptkb:Montana
gptkb:Washington
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1893
gptkbp:fossil stromatolites
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Belt Supergroup
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:western_North_America
gptkbp:namedAfter Belt, Montana
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:Charles_D._Walcott
gptkbp:notableFor economic mineral deposits
well-preserved sedimentary structures
gptkbp:overlies Archean and Paleoproterozoic basement rocks
gptkbp:primaryLithology gptkb:stone
gptkb:dolomite
limestone
gptkbp:studiedBy geologists
gptkbp:thickness up to 15 kilometers
gptkbp:underlies gptkb:Windermere_Supergroup
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Coeur_d'Alene_Mining_District
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7