Unit Name: Pine Point limestone
Unit Type: Lithostratigraphic
Rank: Member
Status: Informal
Usage: Revised
Age Interval: Devonian (416 - 359.2 ma)
Province/Territory: Northwest Territories

Originator: Cameron, 1918.

Remark:
This unit is the lowest member of the Pine Point Formation (Bituminous shale and limestone beds (member)). * see Pine Point Formation and Pine Point Assemblage.

References:
Cameron, A.E., 1918. Explorations in the vicinity of Great Slave Lake; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1917, Part C, pp. 21-28.

Source: GSC file of geological names; T.E. Bolton and J. Dougherty (compiler)
Contributor: A.A. Coyne; Michael Pashulka
Entry Reviewed: No
Name Set: Lithostratigraphic Lexicon
LastChange: 17 Mar 2011