A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Sunrise, Factory Butte, and the Mancos Shale (Cretaceous), East of Caineville, Utah, USA |
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| Description | Factory Butte, near milepost 102 on Highway 24, is compsed of gray eroded Mancos Shale (Cretaceous) capped by hard sandstones and siltstones of the Mesa Verde Group (Cretaceous). The Mancos Shale is of marine origin. The Mesa Verde Group sediments were deposited on top of the shale by the retreating Cretaceous sea. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Cretaceous |
| Lithostratigraphy | Mancos Shale, Mesaverde Group |
| Geologic province | San Rafael Swell |
| Location | USA ▹ Utah ▹ Wayne. Near Hanksville. View from Highway 24. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 1999. |
| Collection | E341112991E. |
| Tech details | 393 KB. Vista. Canon Eos Rebel, 55mm lens, Kodak Ektachrome Elite. |
| GeoDIL number | 109 |
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