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Utah Stratigraphic Columns (overview page)

These stratigraphic columns are dynamically created (on the fly) from information stored in a database. Information was gathered from a number of sources - see copyright info for more information.

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Stratigraphy of
Sevier Lake Area - Cricket Mountains

Period	Formation / Members		Thick- ness	Rock Type
QUAT	Alluvium, L. Bonneville seds.		0-200
	Basalt of Black Rock		0-100
	Plio-Pleistocene shale, marl, limestone and sandstone in upper 1500 feet of well	Lacustrine sediments	0-200 +
PLIOCENE		Rhyolite at Mid-Dome	0-200
		Freshwater limestone	0-100
		Rhyolite of Cudahy Mine	0-500
		Rhyodacite of Coyote Hills	0-600
		Main Body	1500
MIOCENE	Miocene ? marl, dolomite, shale and sandstone in well		1000
PALEOCENE	Conglomerate of Red Pass		0-300
	Limestone of Fillmore Canyon		0-150
	Breccia of Cat Canyon		0-150
CAMB	Notch Peak Formation		1600
	Orr Fm	Sneakover Ls Mbr	100
		Corset Spring Sh M	40
		Johns Wash Ls M	100
		Candland Shale M	160
		Big Horse Ls Mbr	650
	Wah Wah Summit Fm	White Marker Mbr	160-230
	Wah Wah Summit Fm	Ledgy member	400
	Trippe Ls	Fish Springs Mbr	100
	Trippe Ls	Lower member	650
	Limestone of Cricket Mountains		2000
	Whirlwind Formation		200- 260
	Dome Limestone		230-320
	Chisholm Formation		160-260
	Howell Ls	Upper member	100-160
	Howell Ls	Millard Member	200-250
	Pioche Fm	Tatow Member	100
	Pioche Fm	Lower member	600-700
	Prospect Mountain Quartzite		7300
pC (PROT)	Mutual Quartzite		2100
	Inkom Fm		500
	"Caddy Canyon Qtzt"		300
	"Blackrock Canyon Limestone"		800
	Pocatello Formation"		150

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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