Burro Canyon Formation

Burro Canyon Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type Formation
Underlies Mancos Shale Formation
Overlies Morrison Formation
Thickness 0–55 metres (0–180 ft)
Location
Region Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
Country United States

The Burro Canyon Formation is an Early Cretaceous Period sedimentary geologic formation, found in western Colorado, the Chama Basin and eastern San Juan Basin of northern New Mexico, and in eastern Utah.[1]

Geology

The lithology of the Burro Canyon Formation is dominated by medium- to fine-grained sandstone, much of which has rounded chert and quartz pebbles above scour surfaces.[1] The Burro Canyon Formation was deposited in a braided- stream system.[1]

The formation overlies the Morrison Formation, and underlies the Mancos Shale Formation.[1] It is similar to the Cedar Mountain Formation in the region.

Fossils

The Burro Canyon Formation preserves fossils dating back to the Early Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic Era.[2]

See also

References

Cretaceous Period
Lower/Early Cretaceous Upper/Late Cretaceous
Berriasian | Valanginian | Hauterivian
Barremian| Aptian | Albian
Cenomanian | Turonian | Coniacian
Santonian |Campanian | Maastrichtian


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