Cretaceous (3) sedimentary rocks in southeastern Utah (UTK3;7)

State	Utah
Name	Cretaceous (3) sedimentary rocks in southeastern Utah
Geologic age	Late Cretaceous
Original map label	K3
Comments	coastal plain, fluvial, near shore marine
Primary rock type	shale
Secondary rock type	sandstone
Other rock types	coal; black shale
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Sandstone-mudstone (Bed) Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale (Bed) Incidental Sedimentary > Coal (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. Hintze, L.F., 1988, Geologic History of Utah: Brigham Young University Geology Studies Special Publication 7, 202 p. Franczyk, K.J., Fouch, T.D., Johnson, R.C., Molenaar, C.M., and Cobban, W.A., 1992, Cretaceous and Tertiary paleogeographic reconstructions for the Uinta-Piceance Basin study area, Colorado and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1787-Q, 37 p. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1787Q] Rowley, P.D., Hansen, W.R., Tweto, O., and Carrara, P.E., 1985, Geologic map of the Vernal 1ø x 2ø quadrangle, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series I-1526, scale 1:250,000. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i1526] 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/]
Geographic coverage	Carbon - Emery - Garfield - Sanpete - Sevier