Utah Stratigraphic Columns    (overview page)

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Stratigraphy of
Indian Peak Range

Period
 Formation / Members  Thick-  ness Rock Type

QUAT

Alluvium & colluvium

0-100

 

TERT

Volcanic ss & cg

350-1400

 

MIOCENE

Steamboat Mountain Fm

0-1500

 

Blawn Fm

Rhyolite member

0-500

 

Mafic flow member

0-1500

 

Bauers Tuff Mbr Condor Canyon

0-400

 

Dacite of Spanish George Spring

0-800

 

OLIG

Isom Formation

0-2500

 

Hornblende andesite flows

0-800

 

Lund Fm

Andesite member

0-1300

 

Tuff member

0-1800

 

Ryan Spring Fm

Rhyolite flow mbr

0-600

 

Mackleprang Tuff M

0-1500

 

Andesite Flow mbr

0-3000

 

Greens Canyon Tuff

0-1500

 

Wah Wah Springs Fm

Intracaldera member

100-7000

 

Outflow tuff member

0-1600

 

Cottonwood Wash Tuff

0-100

 

Escalante Desert Fm

Beers Spring Mbr

0-500

 

Lamerdorf Tuff M

0-200

 

Andesite flow mbr

0-200

 

Marsden Tuff Mbr

0-1000 ?

 

Sawtooth Peak Formation

0-1000

 

PENN

Callville Limestone

850

 

MISS

Joana Limestone

400

 

DEV

Pilot Shale

0-350

 

Guilmette Formation

50-1300

 

Simonson Dolomite

150 +

 

Sevy Dolomite

350 +

 

SILURIAN

Laketown Dolomite

1100

 

ORD

Ely Springs Dolomite

500

 

Eureka Quartzite

500

 

Crystal Peak Dolomite

240

 

Lehman & Kanosh Fms undiv

500

 

Juab & Wah Wah Ls undivided

500

 

Fillmore Formation

1500

 

House Limestone

400

 

CAMB

Notch Peak Formation

2000

 

Orr Formation

1300

 

Wah Wah Summit Fm

White member

160

 

Lower member

600

 

Trippe Limestone

100 +

 

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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