Colorado River Basin Stratigraphy

Honaker Trail Formation
Usage of Geologic Unit Name: Honaker Trail Formation of Hermosa Group (AZ,CO,NM,UT)	The Goosenecks of the San Juan are carved in the Honaker Trail Formation.
Age: Pennsylvanian, Middle* Desmoinesian Pennsylvanian, Late* Missourian*
Geologic Province: Black Mesa basin* San Juan basin* San Juan Mountains province* Paradox basin
Areal Extent: AZ(ne)* CO(sw)* NM(nw)* UT(se)*
Type Locality: Honaker Trail, for which unit is named, located in sec. 29, T. 41 S., R. 18 E., 37 deg. 11 min. 35 sec. N Lat., 109 deg. 57 min. 01 sec. W Long., The Goosenecks 7.5' quad, San Juan Co., UT (Wengerd and Matheny, 1958).
Subunits: Goosenecks Member (UT)
Unit Name History: Named as upper formation of Hermosa Group (Wengerd and Matheny, 1958). Upper contact revised; Underlies Elephant Canyon Formation (new); Overview (Baars, 1962). Revised, includes rocks formerly assigned to Rico Formation (abandoned); Reference (Baars and others, 1967). Revised, overlying Elephant Canyon Formation abandoned and rocks reassigned to "lower Cutler beds" (Loope and others, 1990). Overview (Condon, 1992). Areal limits (Huffman and Condon, 1993).
References 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. Baars, D.L., 1962, Permian system of Colorado Plateau: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 46, no. 2, p. 149-218. Baars, D.L., Parker, J.W. and Chronic, J., 1967, Revised stratigraphic nomenclature of Pennsylvanian System, Paradox basin: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 51, no. 3, p. 393-403. Loope, D.B., Sanderson, G.A. and Verville, G.J., 1990, Abandonment of the name "Elephant Canyon Formation" in southeastern Utah; physical and temporal implications: The Mountain Geologist, v. 27, no. 4, p. 119-130. 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. Huffman, A.C., Jr. and Condon, S.M., 1993, Stratigraphy, structure, and paleogeography of Pennsylvanian and Permian rocks, San Juan basin and adjacent areas, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, IN Evolution of sedimentary basins, San Juan basin: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1808-O, p. O1-O44. Kim, Namsoo, 1996, Sedimentology of cross-stratified carbonate grainstone facies of the Honaker Trail Formation (Permo-Pennsylvanian), southeastern Utah: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, PhD dissertation. Loope, David B., Sanderson, George A., Verville, George J., 1990, Abandonment of the name "Elephant Canyon Formation" in southeastern Utah., physical and temporal implications: The Mountain Geologist, v. 27, no. 4, p. 119-130. Doelling, Hellmut H., 2002, Geologic map of the Fisher Towers 7.5' Quadrangle, Grand County, Utah: Utah Geological Survey, Map report 183, 22 p., 1 sheet. Scale: 1:24,000. Baars, Donald L., 2000, Geology of Canyonlands National Park, Utah: In, Geology of Utah's parks and monuments; Sprinkel, Douglas A., Chidsey, Thomas C. Jr., and Anderson, Paul B. (eds), Utah Geological Association Publication, v. 28, p. 61-83. Ritter, Scott M., Barrick, James E., Skinner, M. Randall, 2002, Conodont sequence biostratigraphy of the Hermosa Group (Pennsylvanian) at Honaker Trail, Paradox Basin, Utah: Journal of Paleontology, vol.76, no.3, pp.495-517. Raup, Omer B., and Hite, Robert J., 1996, Bromine geochemistry of chloride rocks of the Middle Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation of the Hermosa Group, Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado:U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, B 2000-M, p. M1-M116. Chaffin, Christopher, 2001, The carbonate petrology and sedimentology of the type section of the Honaker Trail Formation, southeastern Utah: University of Louisiana, (Lafayette, LA), masters thesis. Stevenson, Gene M., 2000, Geology of Goosenecks State Park, San Juan County, Utah: In, Geology of Utah's parks and monuments; Sprinkel, Douglas A, Chidsey, Thomas C., Jr., and Anderson, Paul B., editors, Utah Geological Association Publication, vol.28, pp.432-447. Kosanke, Robert M., 1995, Palynology of part of the Paradox and Honaker Trail formations, Paradox Basin, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin B 2000-L, pp.L1-L7.

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Honaker Trail Formation