Bone Valley Formation
| Bone Valley Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
 Fossil from the Bone Valley Formation | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Hawthorn Group |
| Underlies | Pleistocene sand |
| Overlies | Peace River Formation |
| Thickness | 30 metres (100 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sand, marl, clay |
| Other | Phosphorite pebbles, chert |
| Location | |
| Region | Florida |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Bone Valley, Florida |
| Named by | G.C. Matson and F.G. Clapp, 1909 |
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The Bone Valley Formation is a geologic formation in Florida. It is sometimes classified as the upper member of the Peace River Formation of the Hawthorn Group. It contains economically important phosphorite deposits that are mined in west-central Florida, as well as rich assemblages of vertebrate fossils.