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Utah Stratigraphic Columns (overview page)

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Stratigraphy of
Wah Wah Mountains

Period	Formation / Members		Thick- ness	Rock Type
QUAT	Alluvium & colluvium		0-100
QUAT	Valley fill		0-3000
MIOCENE	Basalt Mbr, Steamboat Mtn Fm		0-600
	Blawn Fm	Rhyolite member	0-1300
		Tuff member	1200
		Mafic flow member	600
		Garnet tuff member and source pluton	0-500
OLIG	Isom Formation		0-90
	Three Creeks Tuff Mbr		0-600
	Lund Formation		up to 1500
	Wah Wah Springs Fm		up to 1500
	Cottonwood Wash Tuff		0-50
	Escalante Desert Fm	Beers Spring M	0-130
		Lamerdorf Mbr tuff & andesite	0-2000
		Marsden Tuff M	0-200
	Small intrusive bodies at Wah Wah Pass		NULL
	Older andesite		0-50
	Conglomerate		0-250
ORD	Pogonip Group	Fillmore Fm	1800
ORD	House Limestone		450
CAMB	Notch Peak Fm	Lava Dam Mbr	320-430
		Red Tops Mbr	50-130
		Hellnmaria Member	1340
	Orr Fm	Sneakover Ls M	170
		Steamboat Pass M	270
		Big Horse Ls Mbr	700
	Wah Wah Summit Fm	White marker mbr	130-170
	Wah Wah Summit Fm	Ledgy member	700-780
	Trippe Ls	Fish Springs Mbr	120
	Trippe Ls	Lower member	500-540
	Pierson Cover Formation		1220-1280
	Eye of Needle Limestone		210-240
	Swasey Limestone		440-520
	Whirlwind Formation		40-80
	Dome Limestone		280-310
	Peasley Limestone		210-230
	Chisholm Shale		40-80
	Howell Ls	Upper member	190
	Howell Ls	Millard Member	180
	Pioche Fm	Tatow Member	200
	Pioche Fm	Lower member	640
	Prospect Mountain Quartzite	Upper member	2400
		Basalt member	100-190
		Lower member	1100
pC (PROT)	Mutual Formation		1200
	Inkom Formation		230
	Caddy Canyon Qtzt		1600
	Papoose Creek ? Fm		600
	Blackrock Canyon ? Ls		600-800
	Pocatello ? Fm		2000

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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