Utah Stratigraphic Columns    (overview page)

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Stratigraphy of
Kings Canyon - Confusion Range

Period
 Formation / Members  Thick-  ness Rock Type

QUAT

Alluvium , L. Bonneville seds.

0-200

 

MIO - PLIO

Valley fill

0-1000

 

Rhyolite of Honeycomb Hills

0-100

 

OLIG

Basalt of Honeycomb Hills

0-200

 

Post-Needles Range Cg

0-600

 

Needles Range Gp

Wah Wah Springs T

0-300

 

Cottonwood Wash T

0-300

 

Skull Rock Pass Cg

0-300

 

Tunnel Spring Tuff

0-1000

 

TRIASSIC

Thaynes Formation

1000- 1900

 

PERMIAN

Gerster Limestone

800- 1100

 

Plympton Formation

550-700

 

Kaibab Limestone

500- 600

 

Arcturus Formation

3000

 

PENN

Ely Limestone

1800- 2000

 

MISS

Chainman Shale

Jensen Member

190

 

Willow Gap Ls M

340

 

Camp Canyon Member

1050

 

Skunk Sp Ls M

5-15

 

Needle Siltstone M

170

 

Joana Limestone

10-300

 

DEV

Pilot Shale

700-1090

 

Guilmette Formation

2000- 2650

 

Simonson Dolomite

540-700

 

Sevy Dolomite

1100- 1300

 

SILURIAN

Laketown Dolomite

1000 - 1200

 

ORD

Ely Springs Dolomite

450-600

 

Eureka Quartzite

450- 540

 

Crystal Peak Dolomite

90

 

Watson Ranch Quartzite

175-250

 

Pogonip Group

Lehman Formation

170-210

 

Kanosh Shale

500-560

 

Juab Limestone

160

 

Wah Wah Limestone

250

 

Fillmore Formation

1800

 

House Limestone

420-500

 

CAMB

Notch Peak Fm

Lava Dam Mbr

320

 

Red Tons Mbr

120-130

 

Hellnmaria Mbr

1000-1300

 

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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