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Geologic units containing gypsum

Arkansas

Trinity Group (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early)

Trinity Group

Arizona

Cretaceous sedimentary rocks (Cretaceous)

Tan sandstone (Dakota Sandstone) overlain by gray shale (Mancos Shale); deposited in beach, river delta, and shallow sea settings. The Mancos Shale is overlain by the Mesaverde Group (map unit Kmv). This unit includes related sandstone and shale exposed near Show Low, Morenci (Pinkard Formation), and around Deer Creek south of Globe. (about 88-97 Ma)

Jurassic to Cambrian metamorphosed sedimentary rocks (Cambrian to Jurassic)

Highly faulted and folded rocks of units Jv, J_, and Pz, deformed and metamorphosed in Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary time. This unit is restricted to west-central Arizona. (160-540 Ma)

Moenkopi Formation (Early and Middle(?) Triassic)

Dark red sandstone and mudstone; includes gypsum beds in northwestern Arizona; deposited on a low-relief coastal plain. (230-245 Ma)

Paleozoic sedimentary rocks (Paleozoic)

Undivided Paleozoic limestone, dolostone, quartzite, shale, and related sedimentary rocks. (248-544 Ma)

Permian sedimentary rocks (Permian)

Gray to tan, cherty limestone of Kaibab and Toroweap Formations, and underlying white to tan, fine-grained Coconino Sandstone. Limestone was deposited in a shallow sea, and sandstone was deposited in near-shore dunes and beach settings. (270-280 Ma)

Permian to Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks (Pennsylvanian to Permian)

Interbedded sandstone, shale, and limestone usually characterized by ledgy outcrops. Orange to reddish sandstone forms cliffs near Sedona. This unit includes Supai Group and Hermit Shale in northern Arizona and Naco Group in southern Arizona. It was deposited in coastal-plain to shallow-marine settings during time of variable and changing sea level. Rocks of this map unit in southern Arizona may be in part equivalent to Permian rocks of map unit P in central and northern Arizona. (280-310 Ma)

Pliocene to late Miocene basaltic rocks (Late Miocene to Pliocene)

Mostly dark, inconspicuously flat, low-lying or mesa-forming basalt deposited as lava flows. Rocks included in this unit are located almost entirely in the large volcanic fields south and west of Flagstaff, in smaller fields in northwesternmost Arizona, and in the Hopi Buttes volcanic field on the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations north of Holbrook. Original volcanic landforms have been obscured by erosion. (4-8 Ma)

Pliocene to middle Miocene deposits (Middle Miocene to Pliocene)

Moderately to strongly consolidated conglomerate and sandstone deposited in basins during and after late Tertiary faulting. Includes lesser amounts of mudstone, siltstone, limestone, and gypsum. These deposits are generally light gray or tan. They commonly form high rounded hills and ridges in modern basins, and locally form prominent bluffs. Deposits of this unit are widely exposed in the dissected basins of southeastern and central Arizona. (2-16 Ma)

San Rafael Group (Middle to Late Jurassic)

Commonly cross-bedded, ledge-forming sandstone and slope-forming siltstone. Rock typically has a striped red and white aspect. The Carmel Formation and Entrada Sandstone are prominent members of this group. (Late to Middle Jurassic, about 160-180 Ma)

Sedimentary rocks of the Late Cretaceous Mesaverde Group (Late Cretaceous)

Gray to buff sandstone with interbedded shale and coal. These rocks, which are similar to slightly younger rocks that form Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado, were deposited on the margin of a shallow sea. Rocks of this map unit host the only large coal deposits in Arizona. (84-88 Ma)

Minnesota

Jurassic rocks, undivided (Jurassic)

Jurassic rocks, undivided - Unnamed units of green, gray, brown, and red shale, white to tan micritic limestone and dolostone, and white, fine- to coarse-grained sandstone and siltstone; unit contains nodules of chert and gypsum

Nevada

Chinle Formation and associated rocks (Late Triassic)

CHINLE FORMATION AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS (Upper Triassic)-Continental deposits of variegated bentonitic claystone, siltstone, and clayey sandstone; ledge-forming sandstone; and red siltstone

Moenkopi Formation, Thaynes Formation, and related rocks (Early Triassic to Middle Triassic)

MOENKOPI FORMATION, THAYNES FORMATION, AND RELATED ROCKS (Lower Triassic)-Marine deposits of siltstone, limestone, and sparse conglomerate

Siltstone, sandstone, limestone, and dolomite (commonly silty or sandy) and gypsum (Early Permian)

SILTSTONE, SANDSTONE, LIMESTONE, AND DOLOMITE (COMMONLY SILTY OR SANDY), AND GYPSUM (Lower Permian)-Includes units such as Rib Hill Sandstone and Pequop Formation of Steele (1959) in Elko County, Rib Hill Sandstone and Arcturus Formation in White Pine County, Queantoweap Sandstone of NcNair (1951), Hermit Shale, and Coconino Sandstone in Clark and southern Lincoln Counties.