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Hagong Formation

Hagong Fm


Period: 
Triassic

Age Interval: 
Middle Late Triassic, (TJ71)


Province: 
Yunnan

Type Locality and Naming

Named by the District Survey Team of Yunnan Geological and Mining Bureau in 1983. The named section is located at Milk Powder Factory and Hu Pi Mountain, Zhongdian County (now called "Shangri-La" County), Yunnan.

Synonym: The original Hagong Formation represents the Late Triassic Norian-age clastic-based deposits in Zhongdian, and the lower and upper parts of the equivalent strata were called "Milk Powder Factory Formation" and "Geding Fm" respectively by Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mines, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and Sichuan Area Survey Team in 1992. The present Lexicon uses the Hagong Fm.


Lithology and Thickness

It is dominated by clastic rocks and supplemented by carbonate rocks. It is divided into two sections. Lower section is yellow thin-medium thickness mudstone, siltstone, fine sandstone, sand conglomerate, conglomerate with a small amount of tuff, marl, dolomitic mesoscopic tuff and oolitic tuff, 2007 m thick. Upper section is yellow and yellow-green calcareous mudstone, siltstone, calcareous siltstone, sandy mud siltstone, sandstone with gray and dark gray thin-medium marl and bioclastic tuff interbedded with a small amount of siliceous rock and siliceous mudstone, 1126 m thick.


Lithology Pattern: 
Claystone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

The bottom is in pseudo-conformable contact with the underlying Wangchika Fm.

Upper contact

The top boundary is marked by a non-conformable surface.

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils

Bivalves: Halobia cf. pluriradiata, H. cf. plicosa, Costatoria napengensis, C. cf. praenapengensis, C. cf. verbecki, C. aff. nuitoensis.


Age 

The present Lexicon considers it appropriate to classify the age of the Hagong Fm as early and middle Late Triassic Norian.

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Carnian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.65

    Beginning date (Ma): 
230.70

    Ending stage: 
Norian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.5

    Ending date (Ma):  
216.52

Depositional setting

Predominantly marine deposits.


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Zhang Shunxin, Jian Yuanping and Tong Jinnan.