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Tertiary (1) sedimentary rocks in Logan-Huntsville Allochthon

StateUtah
NameTertiary (1) sedimentary rocks in Logan-Huntsville Allochthon
Geologic ageLate Cretaceous to Early Eocene
Original map labelT1
Commentsnon-marine, up to 3000 feet thick; sounds like Wasatch of province 3
Primary rock typeconglomerate
Secondary rock typemedium-grained mixed clastic
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)poor outcrop-no strikes and dips; red color; pebble and cobble conglomerate; debris flows?
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.
Sorensen, M.L., and Crittenden, M.D. Jr., 1979, Geologic map of the Huntsville quadrangle, Weber and Cache Counties, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1503, scale 1:24,000.
DeCelles, P.G., 1994, Late Cretaceous-Paleocene synorogenic sedimentation and kinematic history of the Sevier thrust belt, northeast Utah and southwest Wyoming: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 106, p. 32-56.
Goessel, K.M., Oaks, R.Q., Jr., Perkins, M.E., and Janecke, S.U., 1999, Tertiary stratigraphy and structural geology, Wellsville Mountains to Junction Hills, north-central Utah: Utah Geological Association Publication 27, p. 45-69.
Geographic coverageBox Elder - Cache - Morgan - Rich - Weber

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