Gypsum Spring Formation

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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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Gypsum Spring Formation canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation
stratigraphic unit
contains evaporite deposits
marine fossils
country 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
namedFor gypsum-bearing springs
overlies Nugget Sandstone
Sundance Formation
stratigraphicUnitOf Wyoming Basin
underlies Morrison Formation
Swift Formation

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Sundance Formation overlies Gypsum Spring Formation