Utah Stratigraphic Columns    (overview page)

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Stratigraphy of
Uinta Basin - White River Area

Period
 Formation / Members  Thick-  ness Rock Type

QUAT

Alluvium - dunes

0-200

 

EOCENE

Uinta Fm

Unit B

100-600

 

Unit A

400-700

 

Green River Fm

Parachute Creek Mbr

500- 1200

 

Garden Gulch M

0-200

 

Cow Ridge Member

400- 1800

 

PALEOCENE

Wasatch Formation

300- 3000

 

CRET

Mesaverde Group

Upper Unit

1100

 

Main coal unit

500- 700

 

Minor coal unit

700- 750

 

Sego Ss

0-250

 

Buck Tongue - Mancos Sh

250-300

 

Castlega e Ss Tongue

50-200

 

Mancos Shale

Main Body

4500- 5300

 

Frontier Ss Mbr

50-200

 

Mowry Sh Mbr

0-60

 

Dakota Ss

50-100

 

Cedar Mountain Fm

Main Body

50-100

 

Buckhorn Cg Mbr

0-80

 

JURASSIC

Morrison Fm

550-650

 

Stump Fm

Curtis Mbr

100

 

Ent rada Ss

120-150

 

Carmel Fm

70

 

Navajo Ss

650

 

TRIASSIC

Chinle Formation

Main Body

100-200

 

Gartra Grit Mbr

40-80

 

Moenkopi Fm

500

 

PERMIAN

Park City Fm

150

 

PENN

Weber Sandstone

850 - 1150

 

Morgan Fm Round Valley Ls Doughnut Shale Humbug Fm undivided

1400- 1700

 

MISS

Madison Ls

600

 

ORD - DEV

Chaffer? Manitou? 0-500 Dotsero? undivided

0-500

 

CAMB

Lodore - Sawatch Qtzt

100-500

 

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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