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Tertiary (2) sedimentary rocks in southwestern Utah

StateUtah
NameTertiary (2) sedimentary rocks in southwestern Utah
Geologic ageEocene
Original map labelT2
Primary rock typeshale
Secondary rock typelimestone
Other rock typesoil shale; fine-grained mixed clastic; tuff
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Marlstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Oil-shale (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Sandstone-mudstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Incidental
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic (Pyroclastic, tuff)
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.
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.
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.
Geographic coverageIron

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