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Siltstone, evaporites, and redbeds; Late Jurassic Cordilleran retroarc-foreland-basin deposits; southeastern Idaho

Upper Jurassic shallow-marine to non-marine sediments; glauconitic and variegated sandstone, siltstone and oolitic limestone of eastern Idaho.
StateIdaho
NameSiltstone, evaporites, and redbeds; Late Jurassic Cordilleran retroarc-foreland-basin deposits; southeastern Idaho
Geologic ageLate Jurassic
Original map labelJu
Commentsshallow marine glauconitic siltstone and limestone; non-marine redbeds with evaporites in Preuss Redbeds
Primary rock typesiltstone
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock typessandstone; limestone; evaporite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)glauconitic siltstone in Stump Fm
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)mudstone, claystone, shale
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > Evaporite > Gypsum (Lense)evaporites in Pruess redbeds
Sedimentary > Chemical > Evaporite > Salt (Lense)evaporites in Pruess redbeds
Map references
Bond, J.G., Kauffman, J.D., Miller, D.A., and Venkatakrishnan, Ramesh, 1978, Geologic map of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, with contributions from U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references
Bond, J.G., Kauffman, J.D., Miller, D.A., and Venkatakrishnan, Ramesh, 1978, Geologic map of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, with contributions from U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Oriel, S.S., and Platt, L.B., 1980, Geologic map of the Preston 1o x 2o quadrangle, southeastern Idaho and western Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series, Map I-1127, scale 1:250,000.
Isaacson, P.E., 1983, Stratigraphic correlation of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Information Circular 37.
Geographic coverageBear Lake - Bingham - Bonneville - Caribou

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