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Stratigraphic nomenclature and lithology—PLATE 5

Geldon, A. 2002, Geology of Paeazoc rks in the Upper Color Rive Basin in
Aizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, excluding the San Juan Basin

Localities

Snake River Canyon (Wanless and others, 1959)
Granite Creek (Foster, 1947; Wanless and others, 1959)
Boulder area (Love, 1950)
Beaver Creek (Keefer and Van Lieu, 1966)
Rawlins area (Berry, 1960)
Amerada 1-Fossil (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
Champlin 1-Brady 12-11 (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
Gulf 1-Slater Creek (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
Lake Fork (Huddle and others, 1951)
10 Whiterocks River (Kinney, 1955)
11 Diamond Mountain (Ritzma, 1959)
Johnson Draw (Untermann and Untermann, 1954)
12 Cross Mountain (Wilson, 1957)
13 Juniper Mountain (Abrassart and Clough, 1955)
14 Tenneco 1-Antimony Canyon (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
15 American Metals Climax 1-Red Hills (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
16 General Petroleum 1-Schutte (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
17 Northwestern White River Plateau (Hallgarth, 1959)
18 Southeastern White River Plateau (Bass and Northrop, 1963)
19 Minturn area (Tweto and Lovering, 1977)
20 Hoosier Pass area (Singewald, 1951)
21 Cement Creek (Mallory, 1957)
22 Midwest Exploration 1-Elk Ridge (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
23 Bass Trail (Noble, 1922)
24 Sinclair 1-Navajo (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
25 = Shell 1-Bluff (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
26 Gulf 1-Fulks (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
27 Stag Mesa (Baars and Knight, 1957)
28 Cactus Drilling 1-Navajo 85-15 (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
29 Union 1-Navajo 166 (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
30 Sheep Mountain (Richmond, 1945)
31 Squaw Creek (Keefer and Van Lieu, 1966)
32 California 3-Green Mountain (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
33 Exxon 1-Bullpen Creek (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
34 Mountain Fuel Supply 1-Broff (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
35 Rock Creek (Huddle and others, 1951)
36 Hells Canyon (Thomas and others, 1945)
37 Black Box, composite (Gilluly, 1929; American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
38 Main Elk Creek (Thomas and others, 1945; Bass and Northrop, 1963)
39 Elk Mountains, composite (Mallory, 1957; Bryant, 1979)
40 Pando area (Tweto, 1949)
41 Pan American 1-Charles (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
42 Animas River (Larsen and Cross, 1956; Wengerd, 1957)
43 Tenneco 1-Johns Valley (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
44 Superior 14-2 (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
45 Comb Wash, composite (Gregory, 1938; American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
46 Underwood 1-32 Jacob Lake (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
47 Lees Ferry area, composite (Phoenix, 1963; McKee, 1982)
48 Sinclair 1-Navajo (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
49 Tenneco 1-Navajo 8939 (American Stratigraphic Co., unpublished)
50 Bonito Canyon (Read and Wanek, 1961)

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EXPLANATION
Stratigraphic fence diagram
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FEET Mississippian rocks
1,000 — Stratigraphic fence diagram
Mississippian to oO 25 50 75 100 MILES
= @ 1,500 Permian rocks
3 [3} 0 25 50 75 100 KILOMETERS
= 500 = 1,000
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= > 500
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0 25 50 75 100 MILES 0) 25 50 75 100 MILES

HORIZONTAL HORIZONTAL

CAMBRIAN TO MISSISSIPPIAN ROCKS MISSISSIPPIAN TO PERMIAN ROCKS

EXPLANATION

Rock Types

Quartz sandstone and quartzite

= Arkosic and graywacke
sandstone

Ly] Gray shale, limestone, and
dolomite

=| Limestone and dolomite

Ea] Red shale and fine-grained | Limestone, dolomite, sandstone,

sandstone and shale
Fad Glauconitic and micaceous shale Anhydrite and halite with shale
and fine-grained sandstone and carbonate interbeds
Line Symbols

Contact between geologic formations or groups
----- Contact between different lithologies within a geologic formation or group

~_~_ Base of Paleozoic rocks uncertain because of incomplete penetration by
boreholes or measurement of surface stratigraphic sections in vicinity

Borehole or measured surface stratigraphic section. Boreholes are indicated
by reference to American Statigraphic Company

Symbols Used for Geologic Units

Permian
Pc Cutler Formation Pk Kaibab Formation
Pem Cedar Mesa Sandstone of Baars (1962) Po Organ Rock Shale of Baars (1962)
Pco Coconino Sandstone Pp Park City Formation of McKelvey
and others (1959)

Pd De Chelly Sandstone

Pph Phosphoria Formation of McKelvey
Pe Blephany Canyon Formation of Baars and others (1959)

Psc Schoolhouse Member of Maroon
Pg Goose Egg Formation, lower part Formation

Ph Hermit Shale Ps
Pha Halgaito Shale of Baars (1962)

State Bridge Formation, lower part

a

Toroweap Formation

Pw White Rim Sandstone of Baars (1962)

Permian and Pennsylvanian

PPm Maroon Formation PPw Weber Sandstone

PPPs Supai Formation or Group PIPwe Wells Formation

Pennsylvanian
Pb Belden Formation Pm Minturn Formation
Pev Eagle Valley Evaporite Pmo Morgan Formation
Pg Gothic Formation of Langenheim (1952) Pr Rico Formation
Ph Hermosa Formation Prv Round Valley Limestone

Pt Tensleep Sandstone

Pennsylvanian and Mississippian

Ma _ Amsden Formation (PMhm Hermosa and Molas Formations
(PMbm Belden and Molas Formations Mm _ Molas Formation
Md Doughnut Shale Mme Manning Canyon Shale
Mississippian
Mh Humbug Formation Mm Madison Limestone
MI Leadville Limestone Mml Mission Canyon and Lodgepole
Limestones

Mr Redwall Limestone

Devonian

Dd Darby Formation Do Ouray Limestone

Ddy Dyer Dolomite Dp Parting Formation

De Elbert Formation Dt Temple Butte Formation
Ordovician

Ob Bighorn Dolomite Om Manitou Dolomite
Cambrian

€b Bright Angel Shale and equivalents €ly Lynch Dolomite

€d Dotsero Formation €m_ — Muav Limestone and equivalents

€f Flathead Sandstone €ma_ Maxfield Limestone

€g Gallatin Limestone €o Ophir Shale

€gv Gros Ventre Formation €p Peerless Formation

€i Ignacio Quartzite €s Sawatch Quartzite

€l Lodore Formation on Tintic Quartzite

€tp —_ Tapeats Sandstone and equivalents

CHANGES IN STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE AND LITHOLOGY WITHIN THE PALEOZOIC ROCKS OF THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, AND WYOMING,

EXCLUDING PARTS OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN
By
Arthur L. Geldon
2002