Nugget Sandstone |
| Usage of Geologic Unit Name: Nugget Sandstone (CO*,ID*,UT*,WY*) |
| Age: Triassic? Jurassic? Jurassic, Early* |
| Geologic Province: Green River basin* Yellowstone province* Wind River basin* Snake River basin* Denver basin |
| Areal Extent: CO(nc) ID(se) UT(n)* WY(w) |
| Type Locality: Not designated. Named for exposures near Nugget Station on the Oregon Short Line, sec. 9, T. 21 N., R. 119 W., Lincoln Co., WY (Veatch, 1907). |
| Subunits: Bell Springs Member (CO*,WY*). |
| Unit Name History: Named (Veatch, 1907). Revised, divided into (ascending): Higham Grit, Deadman Limestone, and Wood Shale Members (all new), and a 1500 ft-thick sandstone unit designated "typical" Nugget at top (Mansfield, 1916). Revised, restricted to "typical" Nugget sandstone part (Mansfield, 1920). Overview; Revised (Thomas and Krueger, 1946). Areal limits (Pipiringos, 1957). Revised (Skinner, 1960). Not used (Poole and Stewart, 1964). Revised (Pipiringos, 1968). Age modified to Jurassic (High, Jr., and Picard, 1969). |
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References Veatch, A.C., 1907, Geography and geology of a part of southwestern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 56, 178 p. Mansfield, G.R., 1916, Subdivisions of the Thaynes limestone and Nugget sandstone, Mesozoic, in the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho: Washington Academy of Sciences Journal, v. 6, p. 31-42. Mansfield, G.R., 1920, Geography, geology, and mineral resources of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 713, 152 p. Thomas, H.D. and Krueger, M.L., 1946, Late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic stratigraphy of Uinta Mountains, Utah: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 30, no. 8, p. 1255-1293. Pipiringos, G.N., 1957, Stratigraphy of the Sundance, Nugget, and Jelm formations in the Laramie basin, Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 47, 63 p. Skinner, R.E., 1960, Proposed Kendall sandstone member of the Gypsum Spring formation, IN Overthrust belt of southwestern Wyoming and adjacent areas: Wyoming Geological Association Field Conference Guidebook, no. 15, p. 129-130. Poole, F.G. and Stewart, J.H., 1964, Chinle Formation and Glen Canyon Sandstone in northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado, IN Geological Survey research 1964: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 501-D, p. D30-D39, Also, 1964, Intermountain Association of Petroleum Geologists, 13th Annual Field Conference, Guidebook to the geology and mineral resources of the Uinta basin, Utah's hydrocarbon storehouse, p. 93-104. Pipiringos, G.N., 1968, Correlation and nomenclature of some Triassic and Jurassic rocks in south-central Wyoming, IN Shorter contributions to general geology, 1967: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 594-D, p. D1-D26. High, L.R., Jr. and Picard, M.D., 1969, Stratigraphic relations within upper Chugwater Group (Triassic), Wyoming: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 53, no. 5, p. 1091-1104. Hamblin, Alden H., and Bilbey, Sue Ann, 1999, A dinosaur track site in the Navajo-Nugget Sandstone, Red Fleet Reservoir, Uintah County, Utah: In, Vertebrate paleontology in Utah: Gillette, David D., ed., Utah Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Publication, v. 99-1, p. 51-57. Sanders, R Craig., and Picard, M. Dane, 1999, Sedimentology and ichnology of a bioturbated interval in the Nugget Sandstone, a Jurassic eolianite, near Peoa, northeastern Utah: In, Geology of northern Utah and vicinity: Spangler, Lawrence E., and Allen, Constance J. Utah Geological Association Publication, v. 27, p. 123-140. |
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