State | Utah |
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Name | Dakota Ss and Cedar Mtn. or Burro Canyon Formations |
Geologic age | Cretaceous |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic (Bed)
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Comments | Dakota Ss overlies Cedar Mtn/Burro Canyon Fms; fluvial and near shore; Dakota marks initiation of the Western Interior seaway |
References | Hintze, L.F., 1980, Geologic map of Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, scale 1:500,000.Currie, B.S., 2002, Structural configuration of the Early Cretaceous Cordilleran foreland-basin system and Sevier thrust belt, Utah and Colorado: Journal of Geology, v. 110, p. 697-718. |
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Counties | Carbon - Emery - Garfield - Grand - Kane - San Juan - Sevier - Wayne |