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Geologic units in Wasatch county, Utah

Permian (2) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Permian) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; carbonate; fine-grained mixed clastic; phosphorite

Pennsylvanian and Permian sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Pennsylvanian to Permian) at surface, covers 9 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; limestone; medium-grained mixed clastic

Mississippian (1) carbonate rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Lithology: limestone

Pennsylvanian and Permian sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Pennsylvanian to Permian) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Lithology: arenite

Tertiary (2) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Eocene) at surface, covers 9 % of this area

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

Younger Precambrian metamorphic rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Proterozoic Y) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Lithology: arenite; shale; siltstone; mudstone; limestone; conglomerate

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

Lithology: sandstone; shale; coal

Mississippian (1) carbonate rocks in central Utah (Late Devonian to Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite)

Quaternary landslides (Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

Lithology: landslide

Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; fine-grained mixed clastic

Triassic (1) sedimentary rocks in Salt central Utah (Early Triassic) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area

Lithology: siltstone; mudstone; limestone; sandstone

Younger Precambrian metamorphic rocks in central Utah (Proterozoic Z) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; conglomerate; limestone

Mississippian (3) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

Lithology: shale; limestone; coal

Permian (2) sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Permian) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; mudstone; sandstone; phosphorite; dolostone (dolomite)

Mississippian (3) sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: shale; limestone

Mississippian (2) sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; sandstone; mudstone; phosphorite

Tertiary intrusive rocks in Salt Lake City-Coalville-Randolph region (Late Eocene to Oligocene) at surface, covers 0.8 % of this area

Lithology: granodiorite; quartz monzonite; granite; diorite

Triassic (1) sedimentary rocks in Salt Lake City-Coalville-Randolph region (Early Triassic) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: mudstone; limestone; siltstone; sandstone; evaporite

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

Lithology: sandstone; limestone; shale; dolostone (dolomite)

Triassic (2) sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Middle to Late Triassic) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: mudstone; siltstone; sandstone; conglomerate; evaporite

Triassic and Jurassic sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Early Jurassic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone

Quaternary alluvium and colluvium (Quaternary) at surface, covers 9 % of this area

Lithology: alluvium; colluvium

Triassic and Jurassic sedimentary rocks in Salt Lake City-Coalville-Randolph region (Early Jurassic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone

Middle Cambrian shale and carbonate rocks in central Utah (Middle Cambrian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); limestone; shale

Tertiary (4) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Oligocene) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Lithology: conglomerate

Tertiary (1) sedimentary rocks in Salt Lake City-Coalville-Randolph region (Late Paleocene to Early Eocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: mudstone; conglomerate; limestone

Cambrian quartzite in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin area (Early to Middle Cambrian) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; shale; conglomerate

Upper Cambrian carbonate rocks in central Utah (Middle Cambrian to Early Ordovician) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); limestone; shale; chert

Cretaceous (2) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Late Cretaceous) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Lithology: shale; sandstone

Cambrian quartzite in central Utah (Early to Middle Cambrian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: arenite; conglomerate

Older Quaternary alluvial deposits (Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area

Lithology: alluvium

Triassic (1) sedimentary rocks in Salt Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Early Triassic) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

Lithology: mudstone; siltstone; sandstone; evaporite; limestone

Triassic (2) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Late Triassic) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Lithology: shale; siltstone; sandstone; conglomerate

Quaternary glacial deposits (Quaternary) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Lithology: glacial drift

Ordovician sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Ordovician) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite)

Triassic and Jurassic sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Early Jurassic) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone

Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Late Cretaceous to Eocene) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

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

Jurassic (1) sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Middle Jurassic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: mudstone; sandstone; limestone; evaporite

Tertiary (3) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Middle Eocene to Early Oligocene) at surface, covers 27 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; mudstone; siltstone; pyroclastic

Cretaceous (1) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Cretaceous) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; shale

Jurassic (2) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Late Jurassic) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Lithology: shale; sandstone; limestone; conglomerate

Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); sandstone

Tertiary (1) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Unita Basin region (Early to Middle Eocene) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; limestone; coal

Jurassic (1) sedimentary rocks in Uinta Mountains-Uinta Basin region (Middle to Late Jurassic) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; mudstone; limestone; evaporite

Oligocene volcanic rocks (Late Eocene to Oligocene) at surface, covers 12 % of this area

Lithology: dacite; rhyolite; andesite; basalt

Permian (1) sedimentary rocks in central Utah (Early Permian) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; limestone