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Sandstone, shale, siltstone, limestone, and coal; Late Cretaceous Cordilleran retroarc-foreland-basin deposits; southeastern Idaho

Upper Cretaceous thick detrital and fresh-water limestone beds of southeastern Idaho.
StateIdaho
NameSandstone, shale, siltstone, limestone, and coal; Late Cretaceous Cordilleran retroarc-foreland-basin deposits; southeastern Idaho
Geologic ageLate Cretaceous
Original map labelKu
CommentsStratigraphic units for Ku are for the Driggs and Snake River Range-Garns Mountain sections (ref ID029). In southeastern Idahdo, most of the area shown as Ku on the state map (ID001) is classified as Kl in ref ID018. Polygons of the digital state map have been changed accordingly.
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock typessiltstone; limestone
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)retro-arc foreland basin deposits
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)retro-arc foreland basin deposits
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)retro-arc foreland basin deposits
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Coquina)retro-arc foreland basin deposits
Sedimentary > Coal > Sub-bituminous (Bed)retro-arc foreland basin deposits
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.
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 coverageBonneville - Madison - Teton

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