Mesaverde Formation or Mesaverde Group

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 or Mesaverde Group
Geologic age Upper Cretaceous
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Carbonaceous)in part carbonaceous
Minor
Sedimentary > Coal
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate
References
NGMDB product
Counties Albany - Big Horn - Carbon - Converse - Fremont - Hot Springs - Johnson - Natrona - Park - Sheridan - Sublette - Sweetwater - Teton - Washakie