• Spires of Cedar Mesa sandstone in Chesler Park (Needles District)

    Canyonlands

    National Park Utah

Mesa Verde Group

Book Cliffs
Book Cliffs
 

This layer does not occur in Canyonlands.

Deposited
Late Cretaceous (64 to 144 million years ago)

Depositional Environment
Lagoons, bays, other near-shore regimes.

Appearance
Cliff forming, gray-brown layered sandstones.

Notes
The Mesa Verde Group contains bituminous coal which is mined around Price, UT.

Example
Book Cliffs north of I-70 between Grand Junction, CO and Green River, UT.

Did You Know?

Desert Bighorn Sheep

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