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POWDERRIVERBASIN
DENVERBASIN
HANNABASIN
BIGHORNBASIN
WINDRIVERBASIN
GREATER GREEN RIVER BASINOVER-THRUST
BELT
Lava CreekB ash
OgallalaFormation
Whi
te R
iver
Fm
Lowerpart
Cgl
BruleFm
ChadronFm
White RiverGroup
Precambrian rocks
LanceFormation
Fox Hills Sandstone
PierreShale
Belle FourcheShale
GreenhornFormation
CarlileShale
NiobraraFormation
MowryShale
Muddy Sandstone
Thermopolis Shale
Morrison Formation
LakotaFormation
Fall RiverFormation
Inya
n K
ara
Gp
SundanceFormation
ChugwaterFormationof Darton
(1908)
SatankaShale
Forelle Limestone
FountainFm
Casper
Formation
Hartville
Formation
EnglewoodLimestone
GuernseyFormation
Fremont CanyonSandstone
?
?Arikaree
Formation
Mesa Fallsash
Bishop ash
Miocene andOligocene rocks
WhiteRiver
Formation LowerPart
Cgl
HannaFormation
Wind RiverFormation
Wagon BedFormation
Medicine BowFormation
FerrisFormation
Fox Hills Sandstone
Lewis Shale
Mes
aver
deG
roup
AlmondFm
Pine RidgeSandstone
RockRiver
Formation
AllenRidge
Fm
Hay
stac
k M
ount
ains
Form
atio
n
Frontier
Formation
Goose
Egg
Formation
?
SundanceFormation
JelmFormation
ChugwaterFormation
ofDarton(1908)
ForelleLimestone
SatankaShale
Casper
Formation
Fountain Fm
MadisonLimestone
Morrison Formation
CloverlyFormation
MowryShale
Muddy Sandstone
Thermopolis Shale
SteeleShale
SteeleShale
NiobraraFormation
Fremont CanyonSandstone
Precambrian rocks
?
?
White River Formation
MoncriefMbr
Kingsbury CglMbr
WasatchFormation
Tongue RiverMember
Tullock Member
Lebo Member
LanceFormation
Fort
Uni
on F
orm
atio
nB
earp
aw S
hale
LewisShale
Fox Hills Sandstone
CodyShale
TeapotSs Mbr
ParkmanSs Mbr
SussexSs Mbr
ShannonSs Mbr
PierreShale
MowryShale
MowryShale
Frontier
Fm
NiobraraFormation
Carlile
Shale
GreenhornFm
BelleFourcheShale
MuddySs
ThermopolisShale
NewcastleSs
SkullCreekShale
Mes
aver
deFm
CloverlyFormation
MorrisonFormation
MorrisonFormation
SundanceFormation
SundanceFormation
GypsumSpring Fm
LakotaFm
FallRiverFm
Inya
n K
ara
Gp
Red PeakFm or Mbr
Alcova Lsor Ls Mbr
CrowMountain
Ss or Ss Mbr
PopoAgie Fmor Mbr
Chu
gwat
er G
roup
or F
orm
atio
n
Goose
Spearfish
Egg
Formation
Formation
MinnekahtaLimestone
OpecheShale
TensleepSandstone
AmsdenFormation
Formation
Minnelusa
MadisonLimestone
CottonwoodCanyonMember
PahasapaLimestone
EnglewoodLimestone
WhitewoodDolomiteWinnipegFormation
BighornDolomite
Precambrian rocks
FlatheadSs
DeadwoodFormation
GallatinLimestone
andequivalent
? ?
?
Harding Ssequivalent
Possible uppermostMinnelusa equivalent
Goose
Egg
Formation
?
Lava CreekB and A ash
Ash at ShellCreek Canyon
AycrossFormationWapiti Fm
Tatman Formation
WillwoodFormation
Fort UnionFormation
LanceFormation
MeeteetseFormation
Lewis Sh
MesaverdeFormation
CodyShale
Teapot SsMbr
MowryShale
Frontier
Formation
Muddy Sandstone
Thermopolis Shale
CloverlyFormation
Morrison Formation
SundanceFormation
Gypsum SpringFormation
DinwoodyFormation
NuggetSs
Red PeakFm or Mbr
Alcova Lsor Ls Mbr
Crow MountainSs or Ss Mbr
Popo AgieFm or Mbr
Chu
gwat
er G
roup
or F
orm
atio
n
TensleepSandstone
AmsdenFormation
MadisonLimestone
Bighorn Dolomite
DarbyFormation
Beartooth ButteFormation
Flathead Sandstone
Gros VentreFormation
GallatinLimestone
PhosphoriaFormation
andrelatedrocks
?
Lava CreekB and A ash
Split RockFormation
Intru
sive
igne
ous
rock
s
White River Formation
AycrossFormation
Tepee TrailFm
Eoc
ene
rock
s
Wag
on B
edFm
Wind RiverFormation
Indian Meadows Fm
Precambrian rocks
LanceFormation
MeeteetseFormation
Lower part
WaltmanShale
Member
ShotgunMbr
Fort
Uni
on F
m
Lewis Sh
TeapotSandstone
Member
Middlemember
Parkman Ss Mbr
Fales Member
Mes
aver
deFo
rmat
ion
Wallace Creek Tof Cody Shale
CodyShale
Frontier
Formation
MowryShale
Muddy Sandstone
Thermopolis Shale
CloverlyFormation
Morrison Formation
SundanceFormation
GypsumSpring Fm
NuggetSandstone
Popo AgieFm or Mbr
Crow MountainSs or Ss Mbr
Alcova Lsor Ls Mbr
Red PeakFm or Mbr
DinwoodyFormation Goose
Egg
Formation
Chu
gwat
er G
roup
or F
orm
atio
n
PhosphoriaFormation
andrelatedrocks
TensleepSandstone
AmsdenFormation
MadisonLimestone
DarbyFormation
BighornDolomite
GallatinLimestone
Gros VentreFormation
FlatheadSandstone
?
?
?
LewisShale
?
Popo AgieFm or Mbr
Crow MountainSs or Ss Mbr
Alcova Lsor Ls Mbr
Red PeakFm or Mbr
Chu
gwat
er G
roup
or F
orm
atio
n
Popo AgieFm or Mbr
Crow MountainSs or Ss Mbr
Alcova Lsor Ls Mbr
Red PeakFm or Mbr
Chu
gwat
er G
roup
or F
orm
atio
n
MadisonLimestone
Lava CreekB ash
Lava CreekB ash
Lava CreekB ash
Lava CreekB ash
Sal
t Lak
e Fo
rmat
ion
White RiverFormation
Miocene andOligocene rocks
Camp DavisFm
TeewinotFm
Conglomerate
Browns ParkFormation
Miocene (?)rocks Split Rock Formation Browns Park
Formation
BishopConglomerate
BishopConglomerate
BishopConglomerate
Ice Point Conglomerate
Bridger Formation BridgerFormation
Intrusiveigneous
rocks FowkesFormation
Laney Member FmR
iver
Gre
enPas
s P
eak
Fm
Was
atch
For
mat
ion
Was
atch
Fm
Gre
en R
iver
Fm
Mai
n bo
dy o
f Was
atch
Fm
Dia
mic
tite
and
San
dsto
ne
Con
glom
erat
e of
Sub
lette
Ran
ge
WilkinsPeak
Member
CglCathedral
BluffsTongue
CathedralBluffs
T
AlkaliCreek
Tongue
Mainbody of
WasatchFormation
Niland Tongue
Luman T
Farson SsMember
TiptonTongue
ChappoMember
EvanstonFormation
HobackFm
Fort UnionFormation
Fort UnionFormation Fort Union
Formation
Fort UnionFormation
Fort UnionFormation
Adobe Town Mbr
Laney Member
Gre
en R
iver
Fm
Cathedral BluffsTongue
Bat
tle S
prin
g Fo
rmat
ion
Gre
enR
iver
Fm
Was
atch
Fm
GodivaRim Mbr
Wilkins Peak MemberTipton
Shale Member
Niland Tongue
Luman Tongue
Was
atch
Fm
Main body ofWasatch Formation
HarebellFormation Lance
Fm
LanceFm
LanceFormation
LanceFormation
Fox Hills SandstoneFox Hills SandstoneFox HillsSandstone
Fox HillsSandstoneMeeteetse
Formation
Lewis ShaleLewis ShaleLewis ShaleLewis Shale
MesaverdeFormation
AlmondFormation
AlmondFormation
AlmondFormation
AlmondFormation
Ericson Ericson
Sandstone Sandstone
Rock SpringsFormation
Rock SpringsFormation
Mes
aver
de
Mes
aver
de Mes
aver
de
Mes
aver
de
Gro
up
Gro
up
Gro
up
Gro
up
BlairFormation
BlairFormation
HaystackMountainsFormation
HaystackMountainsFormation
Pine RidgeSandstone
Pine RidgeSandstone
Allen RidgeFormation
Allen RidgeFormation
AdavilleFormation
HilliardShale
FrontierFormation
FrontierFormation
BlindBull
Formation
FrontierFormation
BaconRidge
Sandstone
SohareFormation
BaxterShale
BaxterShale
BaxterShale
Cody Shale
Frontier
Formation
Frontier
Formation
Frontier
Formation
Frontier
Formation
MadisonLimestone
MadisonLimestone
MadisonLimestone Madison
Limestone
Mississippianrocks
MadisonGroup
TensleepSandstone
TensleepSandstone
WellsFormation
WeberSandstone
WeberSandstone
MorganFormation
MorganFormation
Round ValleyLimestone
Round ValleyLimestone Amsden
FormationAmsden
Formation
TensleepSs
AmsdenFormation
AmsdenFormation
PhosphoriaFormation
andrelated rocks
PhosphoriaFormation
andrelated rocks
PhosphoriaFormation
andrelated rocks
PhosphoriaFormation
andrelated rocks
PhosphoriaFormation
andrelatedrocks
PhosphoriaFormation
andrelatedrocks
Goose
Egg
Formation
?
Goose
Egg
Formation
?
DinwoodyFormationDinwoodyFormation
DinwoodyFormation
DinwoodyFormation
DinwoodyFormation
DinwoodyFm
DinwoodyFm
ChugwaterFormation
ChugwaterFormation
ChugwaterFormation
AnkarehFormation
ThaynesLimestone
WoodsideShale
NuggetSandstone
NuggetSandstone
NuggetSandstone
NuggetSandstone
NuggetSandstone
NuggetSandstone
Gypsum SpringFormation
Gypsum SpringFormation
GypsumSpring Fm
SundanceFormation
SundanceFormation
SundanceFormation
SundanceFormation
SundanceFormation
Stump Formation
Preuss Sandstoneor Redbeds
Twin CreekLimestone
EphraimConglomerate
PetersonLimestone
BechlerConglomerate
Draney Limestone
Smoot Formation
Gan
nett
Gro
up
Morrison Formation
CloverlyFormation
Morrison Formation
CloverlyFormation
Morrison Formation
CloverlyFormation
Morrison Formation
CloverlyFormation
Morrison Formation
CloverlyFormation
Way
an F
orm
atio
n
SmithsFormation
ThomasFork Fm
CokevilleFm
QuealyFm
Sage JunctionFormation
Bea
r Riv
erFm
Asp
enS
hale Aspen
Shale
Bear RiverFormation
MowryShale
Muddy Sandstone
Thermopolis Shale
MowryShale
Muddy Sandstone
Thermopolis Shale
MowryShale
Muddy Sandstone
Thermopolis Shale
MowryShale
Muddy Sandstone
Thermopolis Shale
CodyShale
SteeleShale
NiobraraFormation
Darby Formation Darby Formation Darby FormationDarby FmDarby Fm
LaketownDolomite
BighornDolomite
BighornDolomite Bighorn Dolomite
GallatinLimestone
GrosVentre
Formation
FlatheadSandstone
Precambrian rocks
GallatinLimestone
GallatinLimestone
GallatinLimestone
GallatinLimestone
Gros VentreFormation
Gros VentreFormation
Gros VentreFormationGros
VentreFormation
Cambrianrocks
Cambrianrocks
FlatheadSandstone
Flathead Sandstone
Flathead Sandstone
Flathead SandstoneFlathead Sandstone
FlatheadSandstone
Precambrian rocks Precambrian rocks Precambrian rocks Precambrian rocks Precambrian rocks
Alkalic extrusive and intrusive rocks
Was
haki
e Fm
KinneyRimMbr
? ? ? ? ? ?
?
??
??
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
SYSTEMAND
SERIES
Age(Ma)
Holocene 0.01
QU
ATER
NA
RY
Pleistocene
Pliocene
1.65
5
Miocene
Oligocene
24
38
TER
TIA
RY
Eocene
Paleocene
55
66
CR
ETA
CEO
US
UpperCretaceous
LowerCretaceous
96
138
?
UpperJurassic
MiddleJurassic
JURASSIC (?) ANDTRIASSIC (?)
UpperTriassic
LowerTriassic
JUR
ASS
ICTR
IASS
IC
205
~240
290
~330
360
410
UpperPennsylvanian
MiddlePennsylvanian
LowerPennsylvanian
UpperMississippian
LowerMississippian
UpperDevonian
LowerDevonian
PER
MIA
NPE
NN
SYLV
AN
IAN
MIS
SISS
IPPI
AN
DEV
ON
IAN
OR
DO
VIC
IAN
CA
MB
RIA
NSI
LU-
RIA
N Upper andMiddle Silurian
UpperOrdovician
MiddleOrdovician
LowerOrdovician
UpperCambrian
LowerCambrian
PRECAMBRIAN
435
500
~570
C E
N O
Z O
I C
ER
AM
E S
O Z
O I
CP
A L
E O
Z O
I C
Permian
Precambrian rocks
Southand East
Rock SpringsUplift
Great DivideBasin
WashakieBasinNorth
and West
Green River Basin
? ???
STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE CHART OF THE LARAMIDE BASINS, WYOMING
Love, J.D., Christiansen, A.C., and Ver Ploeg, A.J., comps.,1993, Stratigraphic chart showing Phanerozoic nomenclature for the State of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming [Wyoming State Geological Survey] Map Series MS-41.
Oil > 500,000 Bbls
Natural Gas > 1,000 MMcf
Coalbed Natural Gas > 1,000 MMcf
2012 Production
Cgl Conglomerate Mbr MemberFm Formation Sh ShaleGp Group Ss SandstoneLs Limestone T Tongue
Abbreviations used in the columnsUnconformity (generally of regional extent)
Rocks in subsurface only
Hiatus
REFERENCEEXPLANATION
Modified from Love and others (1993)