Type locality (geology)
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Type locality (Latin locus typicus), also called type area or type locale, is the locality where a particular rock type, stratigraphic unit, fossil or mineral species is first identified.[1]
The term is similar to the term type site in archaeology or the term type specimen in biology.
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List of geological type localities [edit]
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Rocks and minerals [edit]
- Aragonite: Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Spain
- Autunite: Autun, France
- Cobaltite: Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
- Coyoteite: Coyote Peak near Orick, California, USA
- Cummingtonite: Cummington, Massachusetts
- Dunite: Dun Mountains, New Zealand.[2]
- Fayalite: Horta, Fayal Island, Azores, Portugal
- Harzburgite: Bad Harzburg, Germany
- Kimberlite: Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
- Lherzolite: Étang de Lers, France (Old spelling was: Étang de Lherz).[2]
- Mimetite: Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Germany
- Mugearite: Mugeary, Skye, Scotland
- Portlandite: Scawt Hill, Ballygalley, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Sabugalite: Sabugal, Guarda District, Portugal
- Strontianite: Strontian, Scotland (also the element strontium derived from the mineral)
- Temagamite: Temagami, Ontario, Canada
- Tonalite: Tonale Pass
- Uraninite: Joachimsthal, Austria-Hungary (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic)
- Websterite: Webster in North Carolina.[2]
Formations and structures [edit]
- Bearpaw Formation: Bear Paw Mountains, Montana, USA
- Burgess Shale: Burgess Pass on Mount Burgess, Alberta-BC, Canada
- Caldera: Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
- Calvert Formation: Calvert Cliffs State Park, Maryland, USA
- Chattanooga Shale: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
- Chazy Formation: Chazy, New York, USA
- Coon Creek Formation: Coon Creek, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA
- Fort Payne Formation: Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
- Jacobsville Sandstone: Jacobsville, Michigan, USA
- Holston Formation: Holston River, Tennessee, USA
- St. Louis Limestone: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Ste. Genevieve Limestone: Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, USA
- Temple Butte Limestone: Temple Butte, Grand Canyon, USA[3]
Geologic ages and stages [edit]
- Aalenian: Aalen, Germany
- Albian: The river Aube, France
- Aptian: Apt, Vaucluse, France
- Bajocian: Latinized form of Bayeax, Normandy, France
- Barremian: Barrême, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
- Bathonian: Bath, Somerset, England
- Berriasian: Berrias, Ardèche, France
- Callovian: Latinized form of Kellaways Bridge, Wiltshire, England
- Campanian: Champagne, Charente-Maritime, France
- Cenomanian: New Latin name of Le Mans, France
- Coniacian: Cognac, France
- Hauterivian: Hauterive, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Hettangian: Hettange-Grande, France
- Jurassic: Jura Mountains, Switzerland and France
- Kimmeridgian: Kimmeridge, England
- Maastrichtian: Maastricht, Netherlands
- Oxfordian: Oxford, England
- Pliensbachian, Pliensbach, Göppingen, Germany
- Santonian: Saintes, France
- Sinemurian: Semur-en-Brionnais, France
- Toarcian: Thouars, France
- Turonian: Tours, France
- Valanginian: Valangin, Switzerland
References [edit]
- ^ "Scottish Geology, Glossary: Type locality/area". Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Glasgow. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ a b c Rogers, Nick; Stephen Blake, Kevin Burton, Mike Widdowson, Ian Parkinson, Nigel Harris (2008). An introduction to our dynamic planet (Co-published ed. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0521494243.
- ^ Temple Butte Limestone, USGS
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