Английская Википедия:Burro Canyon Formation

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Burro Canyon Formation in spillway of Heron Lake (New Mexico)

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, US.Шаблон:Sfn

Description

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. The Burro Canyon Formation was deposited in a braided-stream system.Шаблон:Sfn

The formation overlies the Morrison Formation, with the boundary placed at the first conglomeratic sandstone bed. It underlies the Dakota Formation, from which it is distinguished by the presence of green mudstone and the absence of carbonaceous material.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn It is similar to the Cedar Mountain Formation on the west side of the Colorado River and the two formations have been interpreted as interfingering alluvial fans from separate source regions.Шаблон:Sfn The Jackpile Member of the Morrison Formation may be its lateral equivalent.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Fossils

Palynomorphs near the top of formation indicate a middle to late Early Cretaceous age.Шаблон:Sfn The formation also contains the pelecypod mollusks Protelliptio douglassi and Unio farri and the conifer Frenelopsis varians.Шаблон:Sfn

Economic geology

The Burro Canyon Formation in the southern Chama Basin has been evaluated for its potential for uranium deposits. These are not economical to recover at 2020 prices.Шаблон:Sfn

Investigative history

The formation was first named by W.L. Stokes and D.A. Phoenix in 1948 for exposures in Burro Canyon east of the Dolores River.Шаблон:Sfn Stokes concluded by 1952 that the formation is equivalent to the Cedar Mountain Formation, with which it is continuous near Dewey, Utah.Шаблон:Sfn Robert Fillmore considers the two formations to be distinct enough to warrant retaining the distinction in name, and puts the boundary along the Colorado River.Шаблон:Sfn E.R. Swift proposed the name Deadman's Peak Formation for similar beds in the Chama basin,Шаблон:Sfn but this was rejected by A.E. Saucier.Шаблон:Sfn

See also

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Footnotes

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References

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