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Geologic units in Carbon county, Utah

Cretaceous (2) sedimentary rocks in southeastern Utah (Late Cretaceous) at surface, covers 25 % of this area

Lithology: shale; sandstone; limestone

Tertiary (2) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Eocene) at surface, covers 32 % of this area

Lithology: shale; limestone; oil shale; fine-grained mixed clastic; tuff

Cretaceous (3) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Late Cretaceous) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; shale; coal

Cretaceous (1) sedimentary rocks in southeastern Utah (Cretaceous) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; shale

Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary rocks in southeastern Utah (Late Cretaceous to Paleocene) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; sandstone; conglomerate

Quaternary alluvium and colluvium (Quaternary) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Lithology: alluvium; colluvium

Older Quaternary alluvial deposits (Quaternary) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Lithology: alluvium

Cretaceous (3) sedimentary rocks in southeastern Utah (Late Cretaceous) at surface, covers 6 % of this area

Lithology: shale; sandstone; coal; black shale

Tertiary (1) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Unita Basin region (Early to Middle Eocene) at surface, covers 13 % of this area

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; limestone; coal

Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Late Cretaceous to Paleocene) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Lithology: conglomerate; sandstone; fine-grained mixed clastic; limestone; coal