Hoskinnini Member of Moenkopi Formation
Usage of Geologic Unit Name:
Hoskinnini Tongue of Moenkopi Formation (AZ*,CO*,UT*)
Hoskinnini Member of Moenkopi Formation (AZ*,CO*,UT*)
Hoskinnini Formation (UT)
Age:
Triassic, Early*
Geologic Province:
Uinta basin*
Paradox basin*
Black Mesa basin*
Areal Extent:
AZ(ne)*
CO(wc)*
UT(se)*
Type Locality:
Not designated. Named for exposures on north face of Hoskinnini Mesa, several miles west of Oljeto Trading Post, Moonlight Wash, Navajo Co., AZ (Baker and Reeside, 1929).
Unit Name History:
Named as upper tongue of Cutler Formation (Baker and Reeside, 1929). Revised, reassigned as basal member of Moenkopi Formation (Stewart, 1959). Revised, raised to formation rank (Blakey, 1974). Areal limits; Revised, interfingers with and is age-equivalent to lower part of Black Dragon Member of Moenkopi; Age modified to Early Triassic (Huntoon and others, 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.

Stewart, J.H., 1959, Stratigraphic relations of Hoskinnini member (Triassic?) of Moenkopi formation on Colorado Plateau: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 43, no. 8, p. 1852-1868.

Blakey, R.C., 1974, Stratigraphic and depositional analysis of the Moenkopi Formation, southeastern Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Bulletin, no. 104, 81 p.

Huntoon, J.E., Dubiel, R.F. and Stanesco, J.A., in press, Tectonic influence on development of the Permian-Triassic unconformity and basal Triassic strata, Paradox basin, southeastern Utah [IN Mesozoic of the Western Interior volume]: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Rocky Mountain Section; Also, 1994, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 6, p. 19.

Dubiel, R.F., Stanesco, J.D., and Huntoon, J.E., 1992, Clastic sabkha facies and paleogroundwater flow in the Hoskinnini Member of the Moenkopi Formation (Triassic, Paradox Basin) -- Implications for Hydrocarbon Emplacement (Abs.): Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Rocky Mountain Section Newsletter, v. 17, n. 8, p. 3.

Huntoon, J.E., Dubiel, R.F., and Stanesco, J., 1994, Tectonic influence on development of the Permian-Triassic unconformity and basal Triassic strata, Paradox Basin, southeastern Utah, in Caputo, M.V., Peterson, J.A. and Franczyk, K.J. (Eds.) Mesozoic Systems of the Rocky Mountain Region, USA: Rocky Mountain Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (Society for Sedimentary Geology), p. 109-131.

Huntoon, J.E., Dubiel, R.F., Stanesco, J.D., Mickelson, D.L., and Condon, S.M., 2002, Permian-Triassic depositional systems, paleogeography, paleoclimate, and hydorcarbon resources in Canyonlands and Monument Valley, Utah: Geological Society of America Field Guide 3, 26 p.
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