Utah Stratigraphic Columns    (overview page)

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Stratigraphy of
Abajo Mtns - Monticello/Bluff

Period
 Formation / Members  Thick-  ness Rock Type

QUAT

Alluvium, colluvium

0-100

 

Loess, pediment gravel

0-100

 

TERT

Dikes, plugs, diatremes

intrusive

 

Abajo Mts laccoliths

intrusive

 

CRET

Mancos Shale

Main Body

0-700

 

Bridge Creek Ls Mbr

0-50

 

Dakota Sandstone

30-150

 

Burro Canyon Fm

50-180

 

JURASSIC

Morrison Fm

Brushy Basin Mbr

200-440

 

Westwater Canyon M

0-180

 

Recapture Mbr

0-285

 

Salt Wash Member

0-550

 

Bluff Ss Mbr

0-340

 

Wanakah Fm

60-200

 

Entrada Sandstone

50-400

 

Carmel Fm

0-120

 

Navajo Sandstone

300-800

 

Kayenta Fm

50-250

 

Wingate Sandstone

250-450

 

TRIASSIC

Chinle Fm

Church Rock M

100-500

 

Owl Rock Mbr

100-400

 

Petrified Forest M

0-300

 

Moss Back Cg M

0-200

 

Monitor Butte M

0-200

 

Shinarump Cg M

0-100

 

Moenkopi Fm

Moody Canyon M

0-100

 

Torrey Mbr

200

 

Hoskinnini Tongue

0-100

 

PERMIAN

Cutler Group

De Chelly Ss

0-550

 

Organ Rock Fm

100-900

 

Cedar Mesa Sandstone

500-1200

 

Halgaito Fm

400-500

 

PENN

Hermosa Group

Honaker Trail Formation

500-1500

 

Paradox Fm

500-3500

 

Pinkerton Trail Fm

100-400

 

Molas Formation

0-150

 

MISS

Leadville Limestone

300-600

 

DEV

Ouray Formation

50-140

 

Elbert Formation

Main Body

160-350

 

McCracken Ss Mbr

0-120

 

Aneth Formation

0-200

 

CAMB

Supra-Muav Dolomite

0-300

 

Bright AngelShale

0-300

 

Ignacio Quartzite

100-300

 

pC (PROT)

Schist, gneiss, granitic and pegmatite dikes and plugs

NULL

 

Data Sources:
*Still Gathering/Under Construction*
USGS Special Publications by Various Authors
Roadside Geology of Utah by Halka Chronic
Field Guide: Northern Colorado Plateau by Keith Rigby
Geologic History of Utah by Lehi Hintze- Purchase Information





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