Elephant Canyon Formation
Stratigraphic range: Permian

Type| Formation
Unit of| Cutler Group[1]
Underlies| Cedar Mesa Sandstone[2]
Overlies| Unconformity on the Pennsylvanian Honaker Trail Formation[2]
Lithology
Primary| Sandstone
Other| Limestone, siltstone, shale[2]
Location
Region| Utah: Paradox basin[1]
Country| United States
Type section
Named for| Type section: Elephant Canyon, secs. 4 and 9, T. 30 S., R. 19 E., San Juan County, Utah[1]
Named by| Baars, D. L., 1962[1]

The Elephant Canyon Formation is the basal Permian geologic formation of the Cutler Group overlying an unconformity on the Pennsylvanian Honaker Trail Formation in the Paradox Basin of southern Utah.[1][2]

Description

It consists of pink dolomite, light-gray dolomitic sandstone, light-brown and moderate-red, fine-grained sandstone, a basal conglomerate and conglomeratic sandstone, and limestone. The basal conglomerate is composed of moderately sorted cherts up to 3 cm in diameter. It weathers to a medium brown and forms hackly, blocky ledges and intervening slopes.[3]

## See also

* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Utah
* Paleontology in Utah

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Elephant Canyon of Cutler Group, USGS". http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/coloradoplateau/lexicon/elephantcanyon.htm.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Rock Sequence of the Canyonlands Area
3. ↑ Doelling, H.H., Kuehne, P.A., Willis, G.C. and Ehler, J.B., 2015. Geologic map of the San Rafael Desert 30'x 60'quadrangle, Emery and Grand Counties, Utah. Utah Geological Survey. Map 267DM, https://ugspub.nr.utah.gov/publications/geologicmaps/30x60quadrangles/m-267.pdf

* ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". https://www.fossilworks.org/.

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