Utah Stratigraphic Columns    (overview page)

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Stratigraphy of
Westwater Canyon - Cisco

Period
 Formation / Members  Thick-  ness Rock Type

QUAT

Alluvium, pediment dep.

0-100

 

PALEO - EOC

Green River Formation

0-2000

 

Wasatch Formation

1000-1600

 

Cg beds at Dark Canyon

0-100

 

CRET

Tuscher Fm

230-650

 

Mesaverde Group

Farrer Fm

430-1180

 

Neslen Fm

350

 

Sego Sandstone

170

 

Buck Tongue of Mancos

200

 

Castlegatc Sandstone

0-400

 

Blackhawk Fm

0-200

 

Mancos Shale

Main Body

3800

 

Ferron Ss Mbr

50

 

Tununk Sh Mbr

350

 

Dakota Sandstone

100

 

Cedar Mountain Fm

50-120

 

JURASSIC

Morrison Fm

Brushy Basin M

350

 

Salt Wash Mbr

300

 

Tidwell Member

30-80

 

Wanakah Formation

10-30

 

Entrada Ss

Moab Member

0-100

 

Slick Rock Mbr

150

 

Dewey Bridge Mbr

40-150

 

Navajo Sandstone

500-0

 

Kaventa Formation

250-0

 

Wingate Sandstone

300-400

 

TRIASSIC

Chinle Formation

90-450

 

PALEOCENE

Cutler Formation

0-5000

 

Honaker Trail & Paradox Fms

0-7000

 

Miss-Dev & Camb Fms

0-1000

 

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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