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Sundance and Gypsum Spring Formations

SUNDANCE (Js) AND GYPSUM SPRING FORMATIONS. SUNDANCE FORMATION--Greenish-gray glauconitic sandstone and shale, underlain by red and gray nonglauconitic sandstone and shale. GYPSUM SPRING FORMATION--Interbedded red shale, dolomite, and gypsum. In north Wyoming wedges out south in T. 39 N.
StateWyoming
NameSundance and Gypsum Spring Formations
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Mesozoic | Jurassic-Middle Jurassic-Late
Original map labelJsg
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock typesdolostone (dolomite); evaporite
Lithologic constituents
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > Evaporite > Gypsum
Map references
Love, J.D. and Christiansen, Ann Coe, 1985, Geologic Map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey.
Unit references
Love, J.D. and Christiansen, Ann Coe, 1985, Geologic Map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey.
Geographic coverageBig Horn - Crook - Fremont - Hot Springs - Johnson - Natrona - Niobrara - Park - Sheridan - Sublette - Teton - Washakie - Weston

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