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The Mississippian Leadville Limestone is a Paleozoic deposit (354-323 Ma) in the Paradox Basin with exposed outcrops in Montezuma County, Dolores County, and La Plata County of southwest Colorado. In the greater Paradox Basin, hydrothermal dolomites have been identified in the Leadville Limestone of the Lisbon Field (Chidsey, 2009) and the Aneth Field (Chidsey, 2009) with excellent hydrocarbon reservoir properties. This literature review discusses...
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Based on observations from seven measured stratigraphic sections and 230 thin sections over 37.3 kilometers, we recognize two sequences that encompass six parasquences and six distinct facies. The facies include bioturbated peloidal packstones, containing ostracods, rare occurrences of planar laminations, plane tabular cross bedding, microbial laminations and fine grain silt and sand. This facies is inferred to have been deposited in a semi-restricted...