Gordon Creek, Carbon Co., Utah, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 39° 37' 0'' North , 110° 54' 8'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 39.61686,-110.90241 |
GeoHash: | G#: 9x11kk52f |
Locality type: | Creek |
Köppen climate type: | Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate |
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Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 2516370 | Slope-wash deposits Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Description: Light- to dark-gray, unconsolidated to weakly cemented, thin- to thick-bedded, faintly crossbedded detritus. Consists of clay, silt, sand, granules, and some pebbles. Forms broad, gently sloping sheets. Locally includes valley-fill deposits. Thickness ranges from a thin veneer to as much as 8m (25 ft) thick. Reference: Weiss, M.P., I.J. Witkind, W.B. Cashion. Interim geologic map of the Provo 30′ x 60′ quadrangle, Utah, Wasatch, and Salt Lake Counties, Utah. Utah Geological Survey Open-File-Report 198DM. [80] |
Campanian - Cenomanian 72.1 - 100.5 Ma ID: 3024857 | Mancos Shale Age: Late Cretaceous (72.1 - 100.5 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Mancos Shale Description: Mancos Shale (Masuk Shale Mbr, Emery Sandstone Mbr, Blue Gate Shale Mbr, Ferron Sandstone Mbr, and Tununk Shale Mbr). Comments: Sandstones are prodelta (near shore) deposits into the Cretaceous marine sea in which the shale was deposited Lithology: Major:{shale}, Minor:{sandstone}, Incidental:{limestone} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
Early Jurassic - Late Triassic 174.1 - 237 Ma ID: 3185972 | Mesozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Mesozoic (174.1 - 237 Ma) Lithology: Sandstone-conglomerate Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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