Tensleep Sandstone and Amsden Formation

Tensleep Sandstone (North Wyoming) - White to gray sandstone containing thin limestone and dolomite beds. Permian fossils have been found in the topmost beds of the Tensleep at some localities in Washakie Range, Owl Creek Mountains, and southern Bighorn Mountains. Amsden Formation (North Wyoming) - Red and green shale and dolomite; at base is brown sandstone. Tensleep Sandstone (Sorth Wyoming) - White to gray sandstone containing thin limestone and dolomite beds. Amsden Formation (South Wyoming) - Red and green shale and dolomite; at base is persistent red to brown sandstone.
State Wyoming
Name Tensleep Sandstone and Amsden Formation
Geologic age Upper Mississippian-Permian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone
References
NGMDB product
Counties Big Horn - Carbon - Fremont - Hot Springs - Johnson - Natrona - Park - Sheridan - Sublette - Teton - Washakie