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Stratigraphy of
Book Cliffs - Horse Canyon Area

Period
 Formation / Members  Thick-  ness Rock Type

QUAT

Alluvial, colluvial, pediment and terrace deposits

0-200

 

TERT

Green River Formation

3200 +

 

Colton Formation (formerly Wasatch)

900-3000

 

Flagstaff Limestone

0-30

 

North Horn Formation

100-500

 

CRET

Price River Fm

Bluecastle Ss Mbr

100-300

 

Mudstone member

100-400

 

Castlegate Sandstone

80-300

 

Blackhawk Fm

Upper mudstone

100-200

 

Sunnyside Member

100-190

 

Lower mudstone

150-200

 

Kenilworth Mbr

110-220

 

Mancos tongue

200

 

Aberdeen Mbr

0-10

 

Mancos Shale

Main Body

3400

 

Ferron Ss Mbr

10-50

 

Tununk Sh Mbr

400

 

Dakota Sandstone

0-60

 

Cedar Mtn Fm

Upper mudstone

110-350

 

Buckhorn Cg Mbr

10-80

 

JURASSIC

Morrison Fm

Brushy Basin M

150-250

 

Salt Wash Ss M

50-250

 

Summerville Formation

150-200

 

Curtis Formation

130-180

 

Entrada Sandstone

150-450

 

Carmel Formation

200-500

 

Page Sandstone

50 +

 

Navajo Sandstone

320-350

 

Kayenta Formation

50-100

 

Wingate Sandstone

310-440

 

TRIASSIC

Chinle Fm

Upper member

200-230

 

Moss Back Ss Mbr

40-50

 

Moenkopi Fm

Upper member

450-600

 

Sinbad Ls Mbr

50

 

Black Dragon Mbr

300-450

 

PERMIAN

Black Box Dolomite

140

 

White Rim Sandstone

600-650

 

Pakoon Dolomite

800

 

PENN

Callville Limestone

550

 

MISS

Doughnut Formation

850-250

 

Humbug Formation

400-180

 

Redwall Dolomite

800-0

 

DEV

Ouray-Elbert Fms

120-0

 

CRET

Cambrian carbonate

350-0

 

Ophir Shale

150-0

 

Tintic Quartzite

170-0

 

pC (PROT)

Precambrian crystalline basement

NULL

 

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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