Utah Stratigraphic Columns    (overview page)

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Stratigraphy of
Bear River Range

Period
 Formation / Members  Thick-  ness Rock Type

TERT

Alluvium, surficial deposits

0-200

 

Lake Bonneville & glacial dep

0-500

 

Salt Lake Fm

Upper cg & ss unit

1000-2000

 

Tuff unit

1200

 

Lower cg unit

2500 ?

 

Wasatch Conglomerate

0-400

 

PERMIAN

Wells Formation

600 +

 

MISS

Monroe Canyon Ls

Cherty Is mbr

70

 

Thickbedded Is m

480

 

Little Flat Fm

Sandy is mbr

120

 

Sandstone mbr

830

 

Delle Phosphatic M

60

 

Lodgepole Limestone

600-700

 

DEV

Leatham Formation

0-90

 

Beirdneau Sandstone

1100-250

 

Hyrum Dolomite

980-220

 

Water Canyon Formation

210-600

 

SILURIAN

Laketown Dolomite

1200-1500

 

ORD

Fish Haven Dolomite

120-490

 

Swan Peak Formation

400-0

 

Garden City Fm

Upper cherty mbr

300-370

 

Lower member

860-1040

 

CAMB

St. Charles Formation

Main Body

700-950

 

Worm Creek Qtzt Mbr

70-120

 

Nounan Dolomite

800-1200

 

Bloomington Fm

Calls Fort Member

180

 

Middle member

720

 

Hodges Shale Mbr

600

 

Blacksmith Formation

330-700

 

Ute Formation

400-800

 

Langston Fm

Upper member

200-460

 

Spence Shale M

0-210

 

Naomi Peak Mbr

0-40

 

Geertsen Canyon Quartzite

2550

 

PROT

Mutual Formation

2600

 

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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