Dakota Formation, Black Mesa Basin, Arizona--a deltaic complex.

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Pickens, C.M.,The Dakota Formation, Black Mesa Basin, Arizona -- A deltaic complex: Tempe, Arizona State University, M.S. thesis, p. The Dakota Formation of south-central Utah was deposited in the foreland basin to the east of the Sevier orogenic belt. During the early Late Cretaceous, clastics shed from the west accumulated in valleys cut into Jurassic rocks along the.

Guidebook Of The Black Mesa Basin, Northeastern Arizona: Ninth Field Conference, Octo 17, [Anderson, Roger Yates, Harshbarger, John William, Alcorn, Rex] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Guidebook Of Black Mesa Basin Black Mesa Basin, Northeastern Arizona: Ninth Field Conference, Octo 17, Black Mesa basin of northeastern Arizona but including the north end of Black Mesa.

Sedimentary rocks exposed in the quadrangles are approximately 4, feet thick and are Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous in age. In ascending order, the formations exposed in the area are the Chinle Formation and Wingate Sand­Cited by: 5.

seen in the Paradox Basin to the northwest, while the Black Mesa Basin shows early Paleozoic sediments, similar to those seen in the Grand Canyon to the west.

In fact, the Grand Canyon exposes Proterozoic Chuar Formation sediments that may have source rock potential deposited in an ancient rift basin. The coal-bearing Dakota Sandstone at Coal Canyon, Arizona, in the western portion of the Black Mesa Basin, yielded abundant, diverse, and generally well-preserved spores, pollen and microplankton.

The Dakota Formation is a sedimentary geologic formation composed of sandstone, mudstone, and shale deposited in the late-Early to early-Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway. The unit is noted for being exceptionally widespread, producing massive colorful rock formations, and preserving dinosaur footprints and early deciduous tree y: United States, Canada.

NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY • NINTH FIELD CONFERENCE shale, and the Mesaverde formation in the Black Mesa area, and these same units have been recognized, with minor The Dakota outcrop encircles Black Mesa and occurs on the south and west beyond the boundaries of the Size: 1MB.

Basin, we have been studying, since Julythe Dakota Sand­ stone and lower part of the Mancos Shale in west-central New Mexico and nearby areas. Many stratigraphic sections were mea­ sured, and molluscan faunas were collected. Rock units were traced laterally in some areas of complex structural and stratigraphic by: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area contains some of the best examples of the spect acular and unique geology that the Colorado Plateau has to offer.

The recreation area is located in. IGC Presents Basin Evaluation First in a series of educational and informative webinar videos brought to you by Integrated Geophysics Corporation.

History. The Mesaverde Formation was first described by in during the Hayden described the formation in the northern San Juan Basin as consisting of three units, which were a "Lower Escarpment" consisting of 40 m of ledge- and cliff-forming massive sandstone; a "Middle Coal Group" consisting of up to m of thick slope-forming Overlies: Cody Shale, Mancos Shale.

Black Mesa, a remnant of Cretaceous strata in northeastern Arizona, is coincident with, and the namesake for, the Black Mesa Basin. The Mancos Shale of Black Mesa represents a southwestward-extending tongue of the Mancos of the type locality at Mancos, Colorado, and represents only a minor part of the type section (Repenning and Page, ).File Size: 2MB.

Steve Rauzi, AZGS Oil and Gas Program Administrator, summarizes the current state of knowledge regarding the potential for shale oil and shale gas deposits in the Mancos Shale of Black Mesa. Catalogue of stratigraphic names of the Black Mesa Basin and adjacent areas Daniel S.

Turner,pp. in: Black Mesa Basin (Northeastern Arizona), Anderson, R. Y.; Harshbarger, J. W.; [eds.], New Mexico Geological Society 9th Annual Fall Field Conference Guidebook, p.

Summary: Underlies a broad area along west side of San Juan basin conformably between the Dakota sandstone and the Mesaverde group. Is a thick (2, +/-ft) dark gray to black, easily eroded shale of marine origin with a few thin beds of gray sandstone especially near the top and impure limestone near base.

zone, Monument Uplift, Defiance Uplift, Black Mesa Basin, Holbrook Basin, and southern edges of the Kaiparowits and Blanding Basins.

The stratigraphic section shown for northeastern Arizona has demonstrated the highest petroleum potential in Arizona. See Wilson (), Butler (a), and Dickinson () for synopses of the. Hermosa formation. Tbe upper part is a complex of shales with occasional limestones; middle part is many bands of massive dark-gray limestone, often highly fossiliferous, alternating with sandstones and conglomerates; lower part is greenish-gray sandstones and shales, the latter sometimes nearly black.

Thickness 1, feet. Black Mesa Marker Beds 55— 35— 13— 30 26 15 go Upper Shale Member Hopi Sandy Member Middle Shale ber Lower Shale Mem ber Dakota Fm. Figure 2. Lithostratigraphy and ammonite biostratigraphy of the Lohali Point section of Black Mesa (data from Kirkland, this volume).

Black Mesa marker beds are also from Kirkland (this volume). The southern margin of the basin was influenced by the Mesa Butte fault in northern Arizona.

Its eastern margin was influenced by a north-trending fault on the western flank of Monument uplift. Uplift across the area of the Grand Canyon ended deposition in the marine or lacustrine Chuar basin at about Ma.

San Miguel sediments were deposited in the Maverick Basin within the Rio Grande Embayment. Cross sections and sandstone maps reveal that during deposition of the San Miguel Formation, the Maverick Basin consisted of two subbasins.

A western subbasin received sediments from the northwest; the eastern subbasin received sediments from the north.The San Juan Basin of northwest New Mexico and southwest Colorado is the second largest gas basin in the United States, second to the greater Hugoton Field of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

Until the s, most of the gas produced in the basin came from the three major.Volume: 44 () Issue: 1. (January) First Page: 21 Last Page: 36 Title: Structural Development and Paleozoic Stratigraphy of Black Mesa Basin, Northeastern Arizona, and Surrounding Areas Author(s): Wolfgang E.

Elston (2) Abstract: Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in the subsurface of the Black Mesa basin of northeastern Arizona include feet of Cambrian dolomite.