Utah Stratigraphic Columns    (overview page)

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Stratigraphy of
Grand Canyon National Park

Period
 Formation / Members  Thick-  ness Rock Type

QUAT

Alluvium, terrace gravel

0-100

 

TERT

Stage I, II, III, IV basalts

0-500

 

TRIASSIC

Eocene fluviolacustrine dep

0-200

 

PERMIAN

Moenkopi Fm

0-400

 

Kaibab Fm

Harrisburg Mbr

0-180

 

Fossil Mt Mbr

250-350

 

Tioriweao Fm

Woods Ranch M

100-200

 

Brady Canyon M

0-200

 

Seligman Mbr

20-50

 

Supai Group

Coconino Sandston

250-400

 

Hermit Shale

300-350

 

Esplanade Ss

230-420

 

PENN

Wescogame Fm

100-250

 

Manakacha Fm

150-320

 

Watahomigi Fm

80-200

 

MISS

Surprise Canyon Fm

0-400

 

Redwall Limestone

Horseshoe Mesa M

50-100

 

Mooney Falls M

200-400

 

Thunder Springs M

80-150

 

Whitmore Wash M

50-100

 

DEV

Temple Butte Ls

0-400

 

CAMB

Nopah Dolomite

100-400

 

Mauv Limestone

350-800

 

Bright Angel Shale

200-500

 

Tapeats Sandstone

0-300

 

pC

Sixtymile Fm

200

 

Kwagunt Fm

Walcott Member

840

 

Awatubi Member

1230

 

Carbon Butte Mbr

250

 

Galeros Fm

Duppa Mbr

570

 

Carbon Canyon Mbr

1550

 

Jupiter Member

1520

 

Tanner Member

640

 

Nankoweap Fm

300+

 

Cardenas Basalt and diabase dikes & sills

700-1500

 

Dox Ss

Ochoa Pt M

300

 

Comanche Point Mbr

600

 

Solomon Temple Member

900

 

Escalante Creek Mbr

1300

 

Shinumo Quartzite

1000-1500

 

Hakatai Shale

400-800

 

Bass Liomestone

120-300

 

Zoroaster Granite

intrusion

 

Trinity & Elves Chasm Gneisses

NULL

 

Vishnu Schist & Amphibolite

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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