Dakota Sandstone
Dakota Sandstone (AZ*,CO*,IA*,KS*,MN*,MT*,NE*,NM*,ND*,OK*,SD*,TX*,UT*,WY*)
Dakota Formation (IA,KS*,MN*,NE*,NM*,SD,UT*,WY)
Dakota Group (CO*,KS*,NE*,NM,ND)
Dakota Conglomerate (UT*)
Cretaceous, Early* (local)
Albian, late* (local)
Cretaceous, Late*
Cenomanian*
Dakota Sandstone forms the canyon caprock at Hovenweep National Monument.
Geologic Province:
Basin and Range province*
Black Mesa basin*
Central Kansas uplift*
Denver basin*
Eagle basin*
Green River basin*
Iowa shelf*
Las Animas arch*
Las Vegas-Raton basin*
North Park basin
Orogrande basin*
Palo Duro basin*
Paradox basin*
Piceance basin*
Plateau sedimentary province*
Powder River basin*
San Juan basin*
Sierra Grande uplift*
Sioux uplift*
South Park basin*
Sweetgrass arch*
Uinta basin*
Williston basin*
AZ*
CO*
IA*
KS*
MN*
MT*
NE*
NM*
ND*
OK*
SD*
TX*
UT*
WY*
Not originally designated; unit occurs in hills in back of town of Dakota, for which it was named, Dakota Co., NE (Meek and Hayden, 1862). "Type locality" designated in Missouri River Bluffs, 1 mi southeast of Homer, NE/4 sec. 13, T. 27 N., R. 4 E., Dakota Co., NE (Condra and Reed, 1943).
Group rank (alphabetical): Cedar Mountain Formation (CO) or Cedar Mountain Shale (CO), Fall River Formation (ND) or Fall River Sandstone (NE), Fuson Formation (ND) or Fuson Shale (NE), Lakota Formation (NE,ND), Lytle Formation (CO*), Mesa Rica Sandstone (NM), Mowry Formation (ND), Muddy Sandstone (CO,NM), Naturita Formation (CO), Newcastle Formation (ND) or Newcastle Sandstone (NE), Omadi Sandstone (NE), Pajarito Formation (NM), Plainview Formation (CO), Romeroville Sandstone (CO,NM,OK), Skull Creek Formation (ND) or Skull Creek Shale (CO,NE), South Platte Formation (CO*,WY*).
Named (Meek and Hayden, 1862). Areal limits (Eldridge, 1888). Not used; Overview (Hill, 1901). Revised (Darton, 1901). Areal limits (Willis, 1902; Lee, 1902). Revised (Stose, 1912; Finlay, 1916; Winchester, 1920; Collier, 1922; Rubey and Bass, 1925). Areal limits (Gregory and Moore, 1931). Revised; Areal limits (Rubey, 1931). Revised (Plummer and Romary, 1942). Revised; Areal limits; Overview (Condra and Reed, 1943). Revised (Stokes and Phoenix, 1948). Areal limits (Gregory, 1950). Revised (Waage, 1953; 1955). Overview (Repenning and Page, 1956). Mapped 1:24k in Jefferson Co, CO (Van Horn, 1957). Revised (Freeman and Hilpert, 1957; Baldwin and Muehlberger, 1959; Young, 1959). Not used (Averitt, 1962). Overview (Kottlowski, 1963). Revised (MacKenzie, 1965; Owen, 1966; Smith, 1967). Overview (MacKenzie, 1971). Areal limits (Segerstrom and Young, 1972). Revised (Landis and others, 1973). Overview; Areal limits (Taylor, 1975). Age modified (Hook and Cobban, 1977). Overview (Scott and others, 1978; Bryant, 1979). Mapped 1:24k in Moffat Co, CO (Rowley and Hansen, 1979). Areal limits; Overview (Bryant and others, 1981). Areal limits (Merewether and Cobban, 1981). Areal limits; Mapped 1:250k in Harding, Union, San Miguel, Quay Cos, NM (Barnes, 1983). Revised (Hook and others, 1983; Munter and others, 1983; Owen and others, 1984). Overview (Tschudy and others, 1984). Areal limits (Baltz and O'Neill, 1984; Ulrich and others, 1984). Redescribed; Areal limits (Johnson, 1984). Age modified; Overview (Baltz and O'Neill, 1986). Revised (Kues and Lucas, 1987; Aubrey, 1988). Areal limits (Moore and others, 1988). Biostratigraphic dating (Cobban, 1988; Cobban and Kennedy, 1989; Cobban and Hook, 1989). Overview (Molenaar and Cobban, 1991). Redescribed; Overview (Hintze and others, 1994).
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