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Absaroka Volcanic Supergroup: Thoroughfare Creek and Sunlight Groups

ABSAROKA VOLCANIC SUPERGROUP: THOROFARE CREEK GROUP (AGE 44 TO 49 Ma)--Light-colored volcaniclastic strata, andesite lava flows, and dark-brown breccia AND SUNLIGHT GROUP--including Trout Peak Trachyandesite, Wapiti Formation (andesitic volcaniclastic rocks), Crescent Hill Basalt, and Mount Wallace Formation (felsic and mafic volcaniclastic rocks).
StateWyoming
NameAbsaroka Volcanic Supergroup: Thoroughfare Creek and Sunlight Groups
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene (44-49 Ma)
Original map labelTts
Primary rock typeandesite
Secondary rock typepyroclastic
Other rock typestrachyandesite; basalt; felsic volcanic rock
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Andesite
Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanictrachyandesite
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 coveragePark - Teton

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