Halgaito Member of Cutler Formation
Halgaito Tongue of Cutler Formation (AZ*,UT*)
Halgaito Member of Cutler Formation (AZ*,CO*,UT*)
Halgaito Formation of Cutler Group (AZ*,CO*,NM*,UT*)
Halgaito Member is responsible for the red landscape around Mexican Hat in southern Utah.
Permian, Early*
Wolfcampian*
Black Mesa basin*
Paradox basin*
San Juan basin*
AZ(ne)*
CO(sw)*
NM(nw)*
UT(se)*
Not designated. Named for Halgaito Spring, southwest of Medicine Hat, Navajo Co., AZ (Baker and Reeside, 1929).
Named as basal tongue of Cutler Formation (Baker and Reeside, 1929). Assigned as basal formation of Cutler Group (Wengerd and Matheny, 1958). Overview (Condon, 1992).
References
Baker, A.A. and Reeside, J.B., Jr., 1929, Correlation of the Permian of southern Utah, northern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 13, no. 11, p. 1413-1448.
Wengerd, S.A. and Matheny, M.L., 1958, Pennsylvanian system of the Four Corners region: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 42, no. 9, p. 2048-2106.
Condon, S.M., 1992, Geologic framework of pre-Cretaceous rocks in the Southern Ute Indian Reservation and adjacent areas, southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico, IN Geology and mineral resources of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1505-A, p. A1-A56.
