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Geologic units in Teton county, Wyoming

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Volcanic Conglomerate (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

VOLCANIC CONGLOMERATE--Dark-brown to black conglomerate, poorly bedded, composed chiefly of basalt clasts in a basaltic tuff matrix.

Lithology: conglomerate; mixed clastic/volcanic

Nugget Sandstone (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Triassic(?) Jurassic(?) ) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

NUGGET SANDSTONE--Thrust Belt: Buff to pink crossbedded well-sized and well-sorted quartz sandstone and quartzite; locally has oil and copper-silver-zinc mineralization. North Wyoming: Gray to dull-red, crossbedded quartz sandstone.

Lithology: sandstone

Bacon Ridge Sandstone (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area

BACON RIDGE SANDSTONE--Gray to tan marine sandstone and thick coal beds; gold-bearing quartzite conglomerate in lower part.

Lithology: sandstone; coal; conglomerate

Absaroka Volcanic Supergroup: Hominy Peak Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

ABSAROKA VOLCANIC SUPERGROUP--HOMINY PEAK FORMATION (AGE ABOUT 49 Ma)--Mafic volcaniclastic conglomerate and tuff; sparse claystone in upper part; gold-bearing quartzite conglomerate at base.

Lithology: mixed clastic/volcanic; coarse-grained mixed clastic; fine-grained mixed clastic

Granite gneiss (Archean) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

GRANITE GNEISS (AGE 2,600 TO 3,100+ Ma)--Layered to massive, locally migmatitic; metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks locally common. Includes Webb Canyon Gneiss in Teton Range.

Lithology: granitic gneiss

Conglomerate (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary Quaternary | Miocene Pliocene(?) Pleistocene) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

CONGLOMERATE--Northwest Wyoming (Jackson Hole) (Pleistocene or Pliocene)--Paleozoic clasts, chiefly of Madison Limestone, in a lithified carbonate matrix; Central (Medicine Bow Mountains) and east Wyoming (east of Laramie Mountains) (Pleistocene to Miocene)--Giant granite boulders in an arkose matrix.

Lithology: conglomerate

Cloverly, Morrison, Sundance, and Gypsum Spring Formations (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Jurassic-Middle Jurassic-Late(?) Cretaceous-Early) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

CLOVERLY, MORRISON, AND SUNDANCE (Js), AND GYPSUM SPRING FORMATIONS. CLOVERLY FORMATION--Rusty sandstone at top, underlain by brightly variegated bentonitic claystone; chert-pebble conglomerate locally at base. MORRISON FORMATION--Dully variegated claystone, nodular limestone, and gray silty sandstone. In southern Yellowstone and Jackson Hole areas the presence of Morrison is questionable. SUNDANCE FORMATION--Greenish-gray glauconitic sandstone and shale, underlain by red and gray nonglauconitic sandstone and shale. GYPSUM SPRING FORMATION--Interbedded red shale, dolomite, and gypsum. In north Wyoming wedges out south in T. 39 N.

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; medium-grained mixed clastic; carbonate; mixed clastic/volcanic; conglomerate; dolostone (dolomite); evaporite

Shooting Iron Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Pliocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

SHOOTING IRON FORMATION--Greenish-gray to pink tuffaceous lacustrine and fluviatile claystone and siltstone, fine-grained sandstone, and conglomerate.

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; medium-grained mixed clastic; mixed clastic/volcanic

Phosphoria, Wells, and Amsden Formations (TB), Phosphoria Formation and related rocks, Quadrant Sandstone, and Amsden Formation (Y), or Phosphoria Formation and related rocks, Tensleep Sandstone, and Amsden Formation (N) (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Mississippian-Late Pennsylvanian(?) Permian) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

PHOSPHORIA, WELLS, AND AMSDEN FORMATIONS (Thrust Belt). PHOSPHORIA FORMATION--Upper part is dark- to light-gray chert and shale with black shale and phosphorite at top; lower part is black shale, phosphorite, and cherty dolomite. WELLS FORMATION--Gray limestone interbedded with yellow limy sandstone. AMSDEN FORMATION--Red and gray cherty limestone and shale, sandstone, and conglomerate. PHOSPHORIA FORMATION AND RELATED ROCKS, QUADRANT SANDSTONE, AND AMSDEN FORMATION (Yellowstone). PHOSPHORIA FORMATION AND RELATED ROCKS--Brown sandstone and dolomite, cherty phosphatic and glauconitic dolomite, phosphatic sandstone and dolomite, and greenish-gray to black shale. Intertonguing equivalent is Shedhorn Sandstone. QUADRANT SANDSTONE--Light-gray sandstone. AMSDEN FORMATION--Red and green dolomitic shale, siltstone, and sandstone. PHOSPHORIA FORMATION AND RELATED ROCKS, TENSLEEP SANDSTONE, AND AMSDEN FORMATION (north Wyoming). PHOSPHORIA FORMATION AND RELATED ROCKS--Brown sandstone and dolomite, cherty phosphatic and glauconitic dolomite, phosphatic sandstone and dolomite, and greenish-gray to black shale. Intertonguing equivalents of parts of Phosphoria are Park City Formation (primarlily cherty dolomite, limestone, and phosphatic gray shale) and Shedhorn Sandstone. TENSLEEP SANDSTONE--White to gray sandstone containing thin limestone and dolomite beds. Permian fossils have been found in the topmost beds of the Tensleep at some localities in Washakie Range, Owl Creek Mountains, and southern Bighorn Mountains. AMSDEN FORMATION--Red and green shale and dolomite; at base is brown sandstone.

Lithology: sandstone; limestone; shale; dolostone (dolomite); phosphorite; siltstone; chert; conglomerate

Camp Davis Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Miocene) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

CAMP DAVIS FORMATION--Upper 5,000 ft chiefly red conglomerate and red claystone; underlain by white tuff, limestone, claystone, and basal gray conglomerate.

Lithology: conglomerate; claystone

Pinyon Conglomerate (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic Cenozoic | Cretaceous-Late Tertiary | Paleocene) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

PINYON CONGLOMERATE--Brown gold-bearing quartzite conglomerate interbedded with brown and gray sandstone. Age of basal part about 67 Ma in northeastern Jackson Hole; farther south entire sequence is Paleocene.

Lithology: conglomerate; sandstone

Wind River Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

WIND RIVER FORMATION Northwest Wyoming (Jackson Hole)--Variegated red and white claystone and siltstone; largely nontuffaceous except near the top; lenticular coal unit in middle. At base locally includes equivalent of Indian Meadows Formation; Central Wyoming--Variegated claystone and sandstone; lenticular conglomerate. Age of tuff at top 49 Ma.

Lithology: claystone; siltstone; sandstone; coal

Absaroka Volcanic Supergroup: Thoroughfare Creek Group--Wiggins Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene (44-47 Ma)) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

ABSAROKA VOLCANIC SUPERGROUP: THOROFARE CREEK GROUP Wiggins Formation (age 44-47 Ma)--Light-gray volcanic conglomerate and white tuff, containing clasts of igneous rocks.

Lithology: mixed clastic/volcanic

Intrusive igneous rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS--Felsic and mafic igneous bodies; the larger are mainly felsic.

Lithology: plutonic rock (phaneritic)

Huckleberry Ridge Tuff of Yellowstone Group (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Pliocene) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

HUCKLEBERRY RIDGE TUFF OF YELLOWSTONE GROUP (AGE SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 2 Ma)--Lavender to gray-brown welded rhyolite tuff.

Lithology: rhyolite; tuff

Sundance and Gypsum Spring Formations (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Jurassic-Middle Jurassic-Late) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

SUNDANCE (Js) AND GYPSUM SPRING FORMATIONS. SUNDANCE FORMATION--Greenish-gray glauconitic sandstone and shale, underlain by red and gray nonglauconitic sandstone and shale. GYPSUM SPRING FORMATION--Interbedded red shale, dolomite, and gypsum. In north Wyoming wedges out south in T. 39 N.

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

Chugwater and Dinwoody Formations (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Triassic-Early Triassic-Middle(?) Triassic-Late) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

CHUGWATER AND DINWOODY FORMATIONS. CHUGWATER FORMATION--Red siltstone and shale. Alcova Limestone Member in upper middle part. Thin gypsum partings near base. DINWOODY FORMATION--Olive-drab hard dolomitic thin-bedded siltstone.

Lithology: mudstone; limestone; evaporite

Rhyolite flows, tuff, and intrusive igneous rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene) at surface, covers 18 % of this area

RHYOLITE FLOWS, TUFF, AND INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS--Includes Plateau Rhyolite (age about 0.07 Ma) and interlayered sediments, Mount Jackson Rhyolite (age 0.6 to about 1 Ma), Lewis Canyon Rhyolite (age about 0.9 Ma); and Lava Creek Tuff of Yellowstone Group (age 0.6 to about 1 Ma).

Lithology: rhyolite; lava flow; tuff; plutonic rock (phaneritic)

Conant Creek Tuff (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Miocene) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

CONANT CREEK TUFF (AGE ABOUT 5.8 Ma)--Lavender rhyolite welded tuff.

Lithology: rhyolite; welded tuff

Bighorn Dolomite, Gallatin Limestone, and Gros Ventre Formation (TB), Bighorn Dolomite, Snowy Range Formation, Pilgrim Limestone, Park Shale, Meagher Limestone, Wolsey Shale, and Flathead Sandstone (Y), Bighorn Dolomite, Gallatin Limestone, Gros Ventre Formation, and Flathead Sandstone (N), or Whitewood Dolomite, and WInnipeg and Deadwood Formations (NE) (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Cambrian-Middle Cambrian-Furongian(?) Ordovician-Early(?) Ordovician-Middle(?) Ordovician-Late) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

BIGHORN DOLOMITE, GALLATIN LIMESTONE, and GROS VENTRE FORMATION. BIGHORN DOLOMITE (Thrust Belt)--Gray massive cliff-forming siliceous dolomite and locally dolomitic limestone. GALLATIN LIMESTONE--Gray and tan limestone. GROS VENTRE FORMATION--Greenish-gray micaceous shale. BIGHORN DOLOMITE, SNOWY RANGE FORMATION, PILGRIM LIMESTONE, PARK SHALE, MEAGHER LIMESTONE, WOLSEY SHALE, AND FLATHEAD SANDSTONE (Yellowstone). BIGHORN DOLOMITE--Light-gray massive siliceous dolomite. SNOWY RANGE FORMATION (Gallatin Group)--Medium-gray limestone and underlying greenish-gray shale. PILGRIM LIMESTONE (Gallatin Group)--Blue-gray and yellow mottled hard limestone. PARK SHALE--Green micaceous soft shale. Upper part may be Late Cambrian. MEAGHER LIMESTONE--Blue-gray and yellow mottled hard limestone. WOLSEY SHALE--Green micaceous soft shale. FLATHEAD SANDSTONE--Dull-red quartzitic sandstone. BIGHORN DOLOMITE, GALLATIN LIMESTONE, GROS VENTRE FORMATION, AND FLATHEAD SANDSTONE (north Wyoming). BIGHORN DOLOMITE--Gray massive cliff-forming siliceous dolomite and locally dolomitic limestone. GALLATIN LIMESTONE--Blue-gray and yellow mottled hard dense limestone. GROS VENTRE FORMATION--Soft green micaceous shale (Upper and Middle Cambrian Park Shale Member), underlain by blue-gray and yellow mottled hard dense limestone (Middle Cambrian Death Canyon Limestone Member), and soft green micaceous shale (Middle Cambrian Wolsey Shale Member). FLATHEAD SANDSTONE--Dull-red quartzitic sandstone. WHITEWOOD DOLOMITE, AND WINNIPEG AND DEADWOOD FORMATIONS (northeast Wyoming). WHITEWOOD DOLOMITE--Buff massive fossiliferous dolomite. WINNIPEG FORMATION--Pink to yellow siltstone and shale. DEADWOOD FORMATION--Red and brown quartzitic sandstone.

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

Limestone, sandstone, dolostone, and chert; Permian to Pennsylvanian marine epicontinental-basin deposits; southeastern Idaho; (Early Permian to Early Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lower Permian to Lower Pennsylvanian chert, limestone, and sandstone of southern Idaho; subdivisions are (Ps, and PNs).

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

Hoback Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Paleocene ) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

HOBACK FORMATION--Interbedded drab and gray sandstone and claystone. Locally contains thick red and gray conglomerate.

Lithology: medium-grained mixed clastic; fine-grained mixed clastic; conglomerate

Frontier Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

FRONTIER FORMATION in thrust belt--White to brown sandstone and dark-gray shale; oyster coquina in upper part; coal and lignite in lower part; in north and south Wyoming--Gray sandstone and sandy shale.

Lithology: sandstone; shale; coal

Absaroka Volcanic Supergroup: Sunlight Group--Trout Peak Trachyandesite (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

ABSAROKA VOLCANIC SUPERGROUP: SUNLIGHT GROUP--Trout Peak Trachyandesite.

Lithology: trachyandesite

Devils Basin Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Paleocene ) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

DEVILS BASIN FORMATION--Light-gray sandstone interbedded with green and gray claystone; sparse coal and carbonaceous shale.

Lithology: medium-grained mixed clastic; fine-grained mixed clastic; coal

Sohare Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

SOHARE FORMATION--Lenticular gray and brown sandstone and shale; thin coal beds.

Lithology: sandstone; shale; coal

Basalt flows and intrusive igneous rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene) at surface, covers 0.8 % of this area

BASALT FLOWS AND INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS. Yellowstone area--Includes Osprey, Madison River, Swan Lake Flat, and Falls River Basalts, basalts of Mariposa Lake, Undine Falls Basalt, and gravels, sands, silts, and basalts of The Narrows. In and adjacent to Absaroka and Washakie Ranges--Includes basalt of Lava Mountain (age about 0.5 Ma).

Lithology: basalt; gravel; sand; silt

Nugget Sandstone, Ankareh Formation, Thaynes Limestone, Woodside Shale, and Dinwoody Formation (TB), or Nugget Sandstone and Chugwater and Dinwoody Formations (N) (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Triassic-Early Triassic-Middle(?) Triassic-Late(?) Triassic(?) Jurassic(?)) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

NUGGET SANDSTONE, ANKAREH FORMATION, THAYNES LIMESTONE, WOODSIDE SHALE, and DINWOODY FORMATION (Thrust Belt). NUGGET SANDSTONE--Buff to pink crossbedded well-sized and well-sorted quartz sandstone and quartzite; locally has oil and copper-silver-zinc mineralization. ANKAREH FORMATION--Red and maroon shale and purple limestone. THAYNES LIMESTONE--Gray limestone and limy siltstone. WOODSIDE SHALE--Red siltstone and shale. DINWOODY FORMATION--Gray to olive-drab dolomitic siltstone. NUGGET SANDSTONE AND CHUGWATER AND DINWOODY FORMATIONS (north Wyoming). NUGGET SANDSTONE--Gray to dull-red, crossbedded quartz sandstone. CHUGWATER FORMATION--Red siltstone and shale. Alcova Limestone Member in upper middle part in north Wyoming. Thin gypsum partings near base in north and northeast Wyoming. DINWOODY FORMATION--Olive-drab hard dolomitic thin-bedded siltstone.

Lithology: siltstone; sandstone; shale; limestone

Granitic rocks (Archean) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

GRANITIC ROCKS OF 2,600-Ma AGE GROUP. Teton Range--Mount Owen Quartz Monzonite. Age 2,500+/- Ma; may be of Early Proterozoic age. Gros Ventre and Washakie Ranges--Granitic rocks. Yellowstone National Park, Owl Creek, Granite, and Seminoe Mountains, Rawlins uplift, and Medicine Bow Mountains--Granite. Wind River Range--Granodiorite to porphyritic and equigranular granite. Sierra Madre--Granite and granodiorite. Laramie Mountains--Granite, amphibolite, and minor amounts of metasedimentary rocks. Hartville uplift--Granite and quartz monzonite. Black Hills uplift--Granite and minor amounts of metasedimentary rocks.

Lithology: granitoid

Mowry and Thermopolis Shales (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

MOWRY (Kmr) AND THERMOPOLIS SHALES. MOWRY SHALE (AGE 94 TO 98 Ma)--Silvery-gray hard siliceous shale containing abundant fish scales and bentonite beds. THERMOPOLIS SHALE--Black soft fissile shale; Muddy Sandstone Member at top.

Lithology: shale; sandstone; mixed clastic/volcanic

Madison Group and Darby Formation (TB, N) or Madison Group and Three Forks and Jefferson Formations (Y) (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Devonian-Late Carboniferous Mississippian-Early(?) Mississippian-Middle(?) Mississippian-Late) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

MADISON GROUP AND DARBY FORMATION (Thrust Belt, north Wyoming). MADISON GROUP--Group includes Mission Canyon Limestone (blue-gray massive limestone and dolomite), underlain by Lodgepole Limestone (gray cherty limestone and dolomite). DARBY FORMATION--Yellow and greenish-gray shale and dolomitic siltstone underlain by fetid brown dolomite and limestone. MADISON GROUP AND THREE FORKS AND JEFFERSON FORMATIONS (Yellowstone). MADISON GROUP--Group includes Mission Canyon Limestone (blue-gray massive limestone and dolomite), underlain by Lodgepole Limestone (gray cherty limestone and dolomite). THREE FORKS FORMATION--Pink, yellow, and green dolomitic siltstone and shale. JEFFERSON FORMATION--Massive siliceous dolomite.

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite); mudstone

Frontier Formation and Mowry and Thermopolis Shales (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early Cretaceous-Middle(?) Cretaceous-Late) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

FRONTIER FORMATION (Kf) AND MOWRY (Kmr) AND THERMOPOLIS SHALES. FRONTIER FORMATION--Gray sandstone and sandy shale. In Northern Yellowstone area, Yellowish- to medium-gray sandstone; tuffaceous and carbonaceous in lower part. MOWRY SHALE (AGE 94 TO 98 Ma)--Silvery-gray hard siliceous shale containing abundant fish scales and bentonite beds. THERMOPOLIS SHALE--Black soft fissile shale; Muddy Sandstone Member at top.

Lithology: sandstone; shale; mixed clastic/volcanic

Cloverly and Morrison Formations (N,S) or Cloverly Formation, Inyan Kara Group, and Morrison Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Jurassic-Late Cretaceous-Early) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

CLOVERLY FORMATION and MORRISON FORMATION. CLOVERLY FORMATION--Rusty sandstone at top, underlain by brightly variegated bentonitic claystone; chert-pebble conglomerate locally at base. MORRISON FORMATION--Dully variegated claystone, nodular limestone, and gray silty sandstone. In southern Yellowstone and Jackson Hole areas the presence of Morrison is questionable; CLOVERLY FORMATION (Hartville uplift) or INYAN KARA GROUP (Black Hills) and MORRISON FORMATION. CLOVERLY FORMATION--Rusty to light-gray sandstone containing lenticular chert-pebble conglomerate interbedded with variegated bentonitic claystone. INYAN KARA GROUP--Rusty to light-gray sandstone containing lenticular chert-pebble conglomerate interbedded with variegated bentonitic claystone. Includes Fall River and Lakota Formations. MORRISON FORMATION, in northeast Wyoming, dully variegated siliceous claystone, nodular white limestone, and gray silty sandstone.

Lithology: sandstone; claystone; conglomerate; limestone

Sohare Formation and Bacon Ridge Sandstone (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area

SOHARE FORMATION AND BACON RIDGE SANDSTONE. SOHARE FORMATION (Kso)--Lenticular gray and brown sandstone and shale; thin coal beds. BACON RIDGE SANDSTONE (Kb)--Gray to tan marine sandstone and thick coal beds; gold-bearing quartzite conglomerate in lower part.

Lithology: sandstone; coal; shale; conglomerate

Colter Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Miocene) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

COLTER FORMATION--Dull-green and gray tuff, volcanic conglomerate, and sandstone.

Lithology: mixed clastic/volcanic; tuff; sandstone

Tensleep Sandstone and Amsden Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Mississippian-Late Pennsylvanian(?) Permian) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

TENSLEEP SANDSTONE AND AMSDEN FORMATION. North Wyoming: TENSLEEP SANDSTONE--White to gray sandstone containing thin limestone and dolomite beds. Permian fossils have been found in the topmost beds of the Tensleep at some localities in Washakie Range, Owl Creek Mountains, and southern Bighorn Mountains. AMSDEN FORMATION--Red and green shale and dolomite; at base is brown sandstone. South Wyoming: TENSLEEP SANDSTONE AND AMSDEN FORMATION. TENSLEEP SANDSTONE--White to gray sandstone containing thin limestone and dolomite beds. AMSDEN FORMATION--Red and green shale and dolomite; at base is persistent red to brown sandstone.

Lithology: sandstone; carbonate; shale

Intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Miocene Pliocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

INTRUSIVE AND EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS--Composition ranges from hornblende monzonite to basalt. In Yellowstone area includes andesite and basalt of Emerald Lake (age about 2 Ma), rhyolite of Broad Creek, Pliocene Junction Butte Basalt, and gravel of Mount Everts. Age of basalt on Crescent Mountain 3.6 Ma.

Lithology: granitoid; basalt

Absaroka Volcanic Supergroup: Thoroughfare Creek and Sunlight Groups (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene (44-49 Ma)) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

ABSAROKA VOLCANIC SUPERGROUP: THOROFARE CREEK GROUP (AGE 44 TO 49 Ma)--Light-colored volcaniclastic strata, andesite lava flows, and dark-brown breccia AND SUNLIGHT GROUP--including Trout Peak Trachyandesite, Wapiti Formation (andesitic volcaniclastic rocks), Crescent Hill Basalt, and Mount Wallace Formation (felsic and mafic volcaniclastic rocks).

Lithology: andesite; pyroclastic; trachyandesite; basalt; felsic volcanic rock

Aspen Shale (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

ASPEN SHALE--Light- to dark-gray siliceous tuffaceous shale and siltstone, thin bentonite beds, and quartzitic sandstone.

Lithology: mudstone; mixed clastic/volcanic; sandstone

Absaroka Volcanic Supergroup: Thoroughfare Creek Group--Two Ocean and Langford Formations (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene (44-49 Ma)) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

ABSAROKA VOLCANIC SUPERGROUP: THOROFARE CREEK GROUP (AGE 44 TO 49 Ma) Two Ocean and Langford Formations (age 47-48 Ma)--Dark-colored andesitic volcaniclastic rocks and flows underlain by light-colored andesitic tuffs and flows. In places may include Trout Peak Trachyandesite of Sunlight Group.

Lithology: mixed clastic/volcanic; intermediate volcanic rock

Gravel, sand, and silt; Quaternary; alluvium (Quaternary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Quaternary alluvium; may contain some glacial deposits and colluvium in uplands

Lithology: alluvium; alluvial terrace; floodplain; alluvial fan; colluvium

Absaroka Volcanic Supergroup: Thoroughfare Creek Group--Aycross Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene (44-49 Ma)) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

ABSAROKA VOLCANIC SUPERGROUP: THOROFARE CREEK GROUP (AGE 44 TO 49 Ma) Aycross Formation (age 49 Ma)--Brightly variegated bentonitic claystone and tuffaceous sandstone, grading laterally into greenish-gray sandstone and claystone. In and east of Jackson Hole contains gold-bearing lenticular quartzite conglomerate.

Lithology: mixed clastic/volcanic; fine-grained mixed clastic; conglomerate

Harebell Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

HAREBELL FORMATION--Gold-bearing quartzite conglomerate, olive-drab sandstone, and green claystone.

Lithology: conglomerate; sandstone; claystone

Metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rocks (Archean) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

METAMORPHOSED MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS. Teton Range--Rendezvous Metagabbro; 2,875 Ma or older. Gros Ventre Range--Hornblende gneiss and serpentinite. Wind River Range--Pillowed amphibolite, metagabbro, and ultramafic sills. Wind River Canyon (cutting through Owl Creek Mountains)--Amphibolite and felsic gneiss of volcanic origin. Older than 2,700 Ma. Bighorn and Granite Mountains--Amphibolite. Seminoe Mountains--Amphibolite of volcanic origin, komatiite, and metagabbro. Casper Mountain--Amphibolite and serpentinite. Laramie Mountains--Amphibolite of volcanic origin, komatiite(?), metagabbro, and ultramafic sills.

Lithology: metavolcanic rock

Cody Shale (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late (78-83 Ma)) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

CODY SHALE (AGE 78 TO 83 Ma) northern Yellowstone area--Gray to brown shale and siltstone; north and south Wyoming--Dull-gray shale, gray siltstone, and fine-grained gray sandstone.

Lithology: shale; siltstone; sandstone

Heart Lake Conglomerate (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Pliocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

HEART LAKE CONGLOMERATE--Abundant gray limestone and dolomite clasts and sparse rhyolite and quartzite clasts in a talc and clay matrix.

Lithology: conglomerate

Gannett Group (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

GANNETT GROUP--Red sandy mudstone, sandstone, and chert-pebble conglomerate; thin limestone and dark-gray shale in upper part, more conglomeratic in lower part. Includes Smoot Formation (red mudstone and siltstone), Draney Limestone, Bechler Conglomerate, Peterson Limestone, and Ephraim Conglomerate. Upper Jurassic fossils have been reported from the Ephraim.

Lithology: mudstone; sandstone; conglomerate; limestone

Teewinot Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Miocene) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

TEEWINOT FORMATION (AGE ABOUT 9 Ma)--White lacustrine clay, tuff, and limestone. In thrust belt includes conglomerate.

Lithology: mixed clastic/carbonate; mixed clastic/volcanic; fine-grained mixed clastic; conglomerate

Conglomerate of Sublette Range (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Paleocene Eocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

CONGLOMERATE OF SUBLETTE RANGE (EOCENE AND PALEOCENE)--Locally derived indurated angular conglomerate.

Lithology: conglomerate

Gravel, pediment, and fan deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

GRAVEL, PEDIMENT, AND FAN DEPOSITS--Mostly locally derived clasts. Includes some glacial deposits along east flank of Wind River Range. Locally includes some Tertiary gravels.

Lithology: unconsolidated deposit

Phosphoria Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

PHOSPHORIA FORMATION AND RELATED ROCKS--Thrust Belt: Upper part is dark- to light-gray chert and shale with black shale and phosphorite at top; lower part is black shale, phosphorite, and cherty dolomite; north Wyoming: Brown sandstone and dolomite, cherty phosphatic and glauconitic dolomite, phosphatic sandstone and dolomite, and greenish-gray to black shale. Intertonguing equivalents of parts of Phosphoria are Park City Formation (primarily cherty dolomite, limestone, and phosphatic gray shale) and Shedhorn Sandstone.

Lithology: shale; phosphorite; sandstone; chert; dolostone (dolomite)

Rhyolite ignimbrites; Early Pleistocene felsic volcanics; Yellowstone Plateau (Early Pleistocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lower Pleistocene silicic volcanic units of the Island Park-Yellowstone area.

Lithology: rhyolite; ignimbrite

Sundance and Gypsum Spring Formations and Nugget Sandstone (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Triassic(?) Jurassic(?) Jurassic-Early(?) Jurassic-Middle(?) Jurassic-Late) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

SUNDANCE AND GYPSUM SPRING FORMATIONS AND NUGGET SANDSTONE. SUNDANCE FORMATION--Greenish-gray glauconitic sandstone and shale, underlain by red and gray nonglauconitic sandstone and shale. GYPSUM SPRING FORMATION--Interbedded red shale, dolomite, and gypsum. In north Wyoming wedges out south in T. 39 N. NUGGET SANDSTONE--gray to dull-red, crossbedded quartz sandstone.

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

Meeteetse Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

MEETEETSE FORMATION (AGE ABOUT 73 Ma)--Chalky-white to gray sandstone, yellow, green, and dark-gray bentonitic claystone, white tuff, and thin coal beds.

Lithology: sandstone; claystone; mixed clastic/volcanic; coal

Landslide deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

LANDSLIDE DEPOSITS--Locally includes intermixed landslide and glacial deposits, talus, and rock-glacier deposits.

Lithology: landslide; glacial drift

Red Conglomerate on top of Hoback and Wyoming Ranges (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Miocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

RED CONGLOMERATE ON TOP OF HOBACK AND WYOMING RANGES (MIOCENE?; MAY BE AS OLD AS EOCENE)--Locally derived clasts of Mesozoic and Paleozoic rocks in a red clay and sand matrix.

Lithology: conglomerate

Stump Formation, Preuss Sandstone or Redbeds, and Twin Creek Limestone (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Jurassic-Middle Jurassic-Late) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

STUMP FORMATION, PREUSS SANDSTONE or REDBEDS, and TWIN CREEK LIMESTONE. STUMP FORMATION--Glauconitic siltstone, sandstone, and limestone. PREUSS SANDSTONE OR REDBEDS--Purple, maroon, and reddish-gray sandy siltstone and claystone; contains salt and gypsum in thick beds in some subsurface sections. TWIN CREEK LIMESTONE--Greenish-gray shaly limestone and limy siltstone. Includes Gypsum Spring Member.

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

Metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks (Archean) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

METASEDIMENTARY AND METAVOLCANIC ROCKS--Amphibolite, hornblende gneiss, biotite gneiss, quartzite, iron-formation, metaconglomerate, marble, and pelitic schist; locally preserved textures and structures suggest origin to be sedimentary or volcanic. Older than 2,875 Ma in Teton Range; older than 3,200 Ma in Granite Mountains; older than 2,600 Ma in Medicine Bow Mountains and Sierra Madre, where it is the Late Archean Phantom Lake Metamorphic Suite 3.

Lithology: metasedimentary rock; metavolcanic rock

Alluvium and Colluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

ALLUVIUM AND COLLUVIUM--Clay, silt, sand, and gravel in flood plains, fans, terraces, and slopes.

Lithology: alluvium; colluvium

Undivided surficial deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 8 % of this area

UNDIVIDED SURFICIAL DEPOSITS--Mostly alluvium, colluvium, and glacial and landslide deposits. Primarily in Yellowstone area and Bighorn Mountains.

Lithology: alluvium; colluvium; glacial drift; landslide

Clastic debris; Quaternary colluvium, fanglomerate, talus, and glacial deposits; upland-valley margins (Quaternary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Quaternary colluvium, fanglomerate, and talus plus some glacial debris in upland valleys.

Lithology: alluvium; glacial drift; colluvium

Mesaverde Formation (N) or Mesaverde Group (S) (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

MESAVERDE FORMATION (north Wyoming)--Light-colored massive to thin-bedded sandstone, gray sandy shale, and coal beds. In Jackson Hole locally contains gold-bearing quartzite conglomerate. North of North Fork Powder River east of the Bighorn Mountains, consists solely of the Parkman Sandstone Member; MESAVERDE GROUP (SOUTH WYOMING). Includes Almond Formation, Ericson Sandstone, Rock Springs and Blair Formations in Rock Springs uplift; Almond Formation (white and brown soft sandstone, gray sandy shale, coal and carbonaceous shale), Pine Ridge Sandstone (light-gray sandstone and thin coal beds), and Allen Ridge (gray sandstone, shale, and thin coal beds) and Haystack Mountains (gray marine sandstone and shale) Formations in Rawlins uplift; Pine Ridge Sandstone (light-gray sandstone and thin coal beds) and Rock River Formation (soft sandstone and sandy shale) in Laramie Basin.

Lithology: sandstone; shale; coal; conglomerate

Bear River Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

BEAR RIVER FORMATION--Black shale, fine-grained brown sandstone, thin limestone, and bentonite beds.

Lithology: shale; sandstone; limestone; bentonite

Glacial deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 8 % of this area

GLACIAL DEPOSITS--Till and outwash of sand, gravel, and boulders.

Lithology: glacial drift