Utah Stratigraphic Columns    (overview page)

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Stratigraphy of
Cedar Hills Area - Near Fairview
Period
 Formation / Members  Thick-  ness Rock Type

QUAT

Younger alluvial deposits

0-200

  

Older alluvial deposits

0-500 ?

  

TERT

Salt Creek Fanglomerate

0-500

  

Moroni Formation

200-2000

  

Crazy Hollow Fm

200

  

Green River Formation

0-1200

  

Colton Formation

0-700

  

Flagstaff Limestone

0-700

  

North Horn Formation

750-1500

  

CRET

Indianola Group

Sixmile Canyon equivalent

7100

  

Funk Valley equivalent

1600-2000

  

Allen Valley eq

1400

  

Sanpete Fm equivalent

0-360

  

Cedar Mountain Formation (characteristically contains calcareous nodules, gastroliths in lower third, interbedded cg, ss, grit, and locally pink oncolitic limestone beds)

1300

  

JURASSIC

Twist Gulch Formation

600-1000

  

Arapien Shale

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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