Oenerulized Paleozoic Wasatch Section afUr K 



'nci (3, page 



248). 



Generalized Paleozoic Sedion in the Uinta Range (Weeks). 



Generalized Pal 



:ozoic Grand Vani/on Section after 



Walcutt ((!, page 50). 



Formation. 



Cha*cter. 



Thickness. 



Age. 



Formation. 



Character. 



Thickness. 



Age. 



Forniation. 



Character. 



Thickness. 



Ai-e. 





Clays and argillaceous lime- 

 stones. 

 Light blue and drab limestone. 



Feel. 



[ 650 

 1 2,000 



\ (Jarboniferous 



Permo- 



Carboniferous 



Ked shales 860 



Feet. 



- 2,570 

 J 



Permian. 



Aubrey limestone. . . 



Shales antl marls with impure 

 liiiiostonus at liase. 



Massive eliorty limestone pass- 

 ing into calciferoussandrock 



Feet. 

 854 



805 



Permian. 

 Carboniferous. 



Upper Coal Measures. 



Light gray sandstones. . 1,050 

 Ked shales and dark 

 blue limestones 660 



Wfliuc i|iiai'l/ilo 



Compa<;t sandstones and 

 quartzites. 



6,000 





Weber formation. . . . 



Yellow calcareous sandstone, 

 white and gray quartzite, 

 weathering brown. 



r 2,200 

 \ to 

 t. 2,700 . 



Pennsylvanian. 



Aubrey Siindstuno... 



Keddish sandstone i)a.ssing 

 into compact beils. 



1,485 



Carbuuiferuus. 



Wasatcii limestone . . . 



Heavy bedded blue and gray 

 limestones with inter- 

 bedded iiuartzites at top. 



7,000 



Carboniferous. 



Waverly. 



Devonian. 



Mississippian series . . 

 (Upper part Penn- 

 sylvanian series). 



Alternating beds of white 

 sandstone and limestone ; 

 thin bedded blue and gray 

 cherty limestones and mas- 

 sive dark green and buff 

 limestones at base. 



700 1 

 to • 

 1,070 . 



Mississippian. 



Ked Wall limestone. 



Arenaceous and cherty lime- 

 stone with massive lime- 

 stone beneath. 



1162 



Carboniferous. 



Option qnai-l/.ite 



AViiite and pink quartzite and 

 conglomerate. 



1,000 



Devonian. 



Ogden quartzite 



White and greenish massive 

 quartzite and green sand- 

 stones with uiterbedded 

 conglomerates. 



] 

 to 

 1,100 . 



Ordovician. 



Temple Butte lime- 

 stone. 



Impure limestone 



94 



Devonian. 





Compact blue limestone and 

 argillites passing into 

 shales. 



1,000 



(Siluvian. 



Lodore shales 



Ai'gillaceous and sandy green, 

 red, purple, and black 

 shales ; green shales con- 

 taining many nodules. 



500 1 

 to 

 1,200 J 



Cambrian. 



Tonto 



Calcareous and arenaceous 

 shales and sandstones. 



1,050 













Quartzites, slates, and schists . 



12,000-1- 



Cambrian. 



' ' Uinta ' ' forniation . 



Thin bedded green sandstones 

 with conglomerate layers, 

 striped quartzites, and red 

 and brown quartzites or 

 sandstones, base not ex- 

 posed. 



12,000+ 



Pre-Cambrian. 



Chuar 



Shales and limestones. . 6,120 

 Sandstones with lava 



flows 6,830 



Bedded quartzite and 



schists 1,000 



12,9.50 







Grand Canyon 



Algonkian. 















