Mesaverde Formation (N) or Mesaverde Group (S) (WYKmv;0)

MESAVERDE FORMATION (north Wyoming)--Light-colored massive to thin-bedded sandstone, gray sandy shale, and coal beds. In Jackson Hole locally contains gold-bearing quartzite conglomerate. North of North Fork Powder River east of the Bighorn Mountains, consists solely of the Parkman Sandstone Member; MESAVERDE GROUP (SOUTH WYOMING). Includes Almond Formation, Ericson Sandstone, Rock Springs and Blair Formations in Rock Springs uplift; Almond Formation (white and brown soft sandstone, gray sandy shale, coal and carbonaceous shale), Pine Ridge Sandstone (light-gray sandstone and thin coal beds), and Allen Ridge (gray sandstone, shale, and thin coal beds) and Haystack Mountains (gray marine sandstone and shale) Formations in Rawlins uplift; Pine Ridge Sandstone (light-gray sandstone and thin coal beds) and Rock River Formation (soft sandstone and sandy shale) in Laramie Basin.

State	Wyoming
Name	Mesaverde Formation (N) or Mesaverde Group (S)
Geologic age	Phanerozoic \| Mesozoic \| Cretaceous-Late
Original map label	Kmv
Primary rock type	sandstone
Secondary rock type	shale
Other rock types	coal; conglomerate
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Carbonaceous) Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shalein part carbonaceous Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate Sedimentary > Coal
Map references	Love, J.D. and Christiansen, Ann Coe, 1985, Geologic Map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr83802]
Unit references	Love, J.D. and Christiansen, Ann Coe, 1985, Geologic Map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr83802]
Geographic coverage	Albany - Big Horn - Carbon - Converse - Fremont - Hot Springs - Johnson - Natrona - Park - Sheridan - Sublette - Sweetwater - Teton - Washakie