Utah Stratigraphic Columns    (overview page)

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Stratigraphy of
Topaz Res - Thomas & Keg Mountains

Period
 Formation / Members  Thick-  ness Rock Type

QUAT

Alluvial, dune & playa deps

0-100

 

Deposits of Lake Bonneville

0- 100

 

Basalts of Crater Bench

0-600

 

PLIOCENE

Pre-Bonneville valley fill

0-1000

 

Basalt of The Hogback

0-150

 

MIOCENE

Rhyolite of The Hogback

0-100

 

Conglomerate of The Hogback

0-750

 

Topaz Mountain Rhyolite

0-2000

 

Rhyolite or Keg Mountains

0-1000

 

Spor Mountain Formation

Porphyritic rhyolite member

0-1500

 

Beryllium tuff m

0-200

 

OLIG

Red Knolls Tuff

0-100

 

Quartz lame stocks of K

NULL

 

Dell Tuff

0- 500

 

Breccia at Spor Mtn

0-250

 

EOCENE

Joy Tuff

0-700

 

Mt. Laird Tuff

250-1600

 

Tuff of Keg Mountain

0-300

 

Drum Mountains Rhyodacite

0-100

 

DEV

Sevy Dolomite

1100 ?

 

SILURIAN

Laketown Dolomite

Thursday Member

330

 

Lost Sheep Mbr

230

 

Harrisite Mbr

140

 

Bell Hill Member

410

 

ORD

Ely Springs Dolomite

Floride Mbr

130

 

Lower member

300

 

Eureka Quartzite

590

 

Pogonip Group

Kanosh Sh Juab Ls Wah Wah Ls Fillmore Formation House Ls

2500

 

CAMB

Notch Peak Formation

1000

 

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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