Cretaceous (2) sedimentary rocks in southeastern Utah (UTK2;7)

State	Utah
Name	Cretaceous (2) sedimentary rocks in southeastern Utah
Geologic age	Late Cretaceous
Original map label	K2
Comments	Sandstones are prodelta (near shore) deposits into the Cretaceous marine sea in which the shale was deposited
Primary rock type	shale
Secondary rock type	sandstone
Other rock types	limestone
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed) Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)prodelta ss Incidental Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Map references	Hintze, L.F., 1980, Geologic map of Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references	Hintze, L.F., 1980, Geologic map of Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, scale 1:500,000. Fouch, T.D., Lawton, T.F., Nichols, D.J., Cashion, W.B., and Cobban, W.A., 1983, Patterns and timing of synorogenic sedimentation in Upper Cretaceous rocks of central and northeast Utah, in, Reynolds, M.W., and Dolly, E.D., eds., Mesozoic Paleogeography of the West-Central United States, Rocky Mountain Paleogeography Symposium 2: Rocky Mountain Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, p. 305-336. Witkind, I.J., Weiss, M.P., and Brown, T.L., 1987, Geologic map of the Manti 30' x 60' quadrangle, Carbon, Emery, Juab, Sanpete, and Sevier counties, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1631, scale 1:100.000. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i1631] Hettinger, R.D. and Kirschbaum, M.A., 2002, Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale (upper part) and Mesaverde Group in the southern part of the Uinta and Piceance basins, Utah and Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Investigations Series I-2764, 21 p., 2 sheets, http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/i-maps/i-2764/ [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i2764] [http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/i-maps/i-2764/] Roberts, L.N. R., and Kirschbaum, M.A., 1995, Paleogeography of the Late Cretaceous of the western interior of Middle North America--coal distribution and sediment accumulation: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1561, 115 p. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1561] Carroll, R.E., 1987, Geology of the Standardville 7 1/2' quadrangle, Carbon County, Utah: Brigham Young University Geology Studies, v. 34, pt. 1, p. 1-32.
Geographic coverage	Carbon - Emery - Garfield - Grand - San Juan - Sanpete - Sevier - Wayne