Geology of Castle Valley, Utah - Kiri Wagstaff · 2007. 4. 8. · Forms slopes, local badlands with subtle ledges; sandstone locally cliff forming ~1,020 (~3,350) 15-40 (50-130) 45-120

Geology of Castle Valley, Utah

Kiri WagstaffGeology 320

December 6, 2005

Where is Castle Valley?

• Southeastern Utah

• 20 miles east of Moab, UT along the Colorado River

• Canyon Country

Moab Valley(pop. 4,779)

Castle Valley(pop. 349)

Colorado River

Round Mountain

Arches N.P.

2 km

Castle Valley

Porcupine Rim

Seventh-Day Adventists

Pace HillCastle Creek

500 m

Porcupine Rim Cliffview Drive

My house

100 m

Geologic Map

Utah Geological Survey, Geological Map 180 (2001)

Geologic History• Precambrian to Triassic: shallow seas,

low coastal plains

• Large unconformity between Cambrian and late Devonian; Uncompahgre Uplift

• Salt deposits (Paradox Formation)

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Chinle Formation

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Wingate Sandstone

Kayenta Formation

Navajo Sandstone

Carmel FormationEntrada Sandstone

Curtis Formation

Cedar Mountain

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Mancos Shale

Mesa Verde Group

Geyser Creek

Fanglomerate

White Rim

Sandstone

Cutler Formation

Honaker Trail

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Leadville Limestone

Ouray Limestone

Elbert Formation

Lynch Dolomite

Mauv Limestone

Bright Angel Shale

Tapeats Limestone

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• Late Triassic through Jurassic: vast arid desert of shifting sand dunes

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Kayenta Formation

Navajo Sandstone


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Cedar Mountain

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Mancos Shale

Mesa Verde Group

Geyser Creek

Fanglomerate

White Rim

Sandstone

Cutler Formation

Honaker Trail

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Leadville Limestone

Ouray Limestone

Elbert Formation

Lynch Dolomite

Mauv Limestone

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• Late Cretaceous to late Tertiary: violent crustal deformation (faults, uplifts, mountains)

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Kayenta Formation

Navajo Sandstone


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Cedar Mountain

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Mancos Shale

Mesa Verde Group

Geyser Creek

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White Rim

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Cutler Formation

Honaker Trail

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Ouray Limestone

Elbert Formation

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Tapeats Limestone

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• Late Cretaceous to late Tertiary: violent crustal deformation (faults, uplifts, mountains)

• Rockies created

• Late Tertiary: gradual uplift (one mile)

• Colorado River starts carving canyons

• Glaciers shaped La Sals

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Wingate Sandstone

Kayenta Formation

Navajo Sandstone


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Cedar Mountain

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Mancos Shale

Mesa Verde Group

Geyser Creek

Fanglomerate

White Rim

Sandstone

Cutler Formation

Honaker Trail

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Leadville Limestone

Ouray Limestone

Elbert Formation

Lynch Dolomite

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Tapeats Limestone

La Sal Mountains

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Cutler (Permian)

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Chinle, Moenkopi (Triassic)

Cutler (Permian)

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Cutler (Permian)

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Navajo, Kayenta, Wingate (Jurassic)

Cutler (Permian)


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Alluvial channel!

Cutler (Permian)


Photo by Louis James Maher, Jr.

Castle RockPriest and Nuns

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Granite (Tertiary intrusive)

Cutler (Permian)



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Cutler (Permian)



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Alluvial deposits

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Alluvial deposits

Cutler (Permian)




Castle Valley: A Salt Valley

• How do salt valleys form?

• Salt layers laid down in the Pennsylvanian, then buried

• Weight of rock causes salt layers to flow (slowly)

• Flows meet rock ridges, pile up and flow upward, forming salt domes (up to 4500 m thick)

• Much later, in the Tertiary, gradual regional uplift caused Colorado River to start cutting its channel. It reached the salt layers, dissolved the top ones, and the caprock settled downward.

• Further erosion by the Colorado River will likely cause valleys (all eight) to settle further in the future

Full Transect• From southwest to northeast, crossing both Moab

and Castle Valleys

• Burkholder is an oil well

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Geyser Creek Fanglomerate

Farrer Formation

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Sego Sandstone

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FORMATIONSAND MEMBERS

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9-40 (30-130)

THICKNESSMeters (feet)

LITHOLOGYMAPUNIT

Only lower part preserved in quadrangle

Coal bearing

Tongue of Mancos, thins eastward

Contains coal stringers, thins eastward

Forms cliff

Forms cliff, thins eastward

Upper shale member(Blue Gate Member--

includes PrairieCanyon Member)

Sandstone ledges withinupper shale member

Forms slopes, local badlands with subtleledges; sandstone locally cliff forming

~1,020 (~3,350)

15-40 (50-130)

45-120 (145-390)

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Tununk Shale Member

Dakota Sandstone

Cedar Mtn. Fm Burro Canyon Fm

Brushy Basin Member

Salt Wash Member

Tidwell Member

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90-135 (295-450)

40-90 (130-300)

6-30 (20-100)

2-67 (6-220)0-54 (0-177) \ 0-42 (0-38)

0-18 (0-60)

43-152 (140-500)

8-72(25-235)

0-60(0-200)

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Forms double cuesta with separatingblack shale, fossiliferous

Large concretions in Coon Spring Bed

Ledge-forming, thickens eastward;contains humates to east

Varicolored slope-forming shale

Lenticular sandstone and siltstone,locally contains vanadium-uranium deposits

Contains large chert concretionsand limestone

Reddish sandstone and siltstone

Moab Member jointed and cliffforming

Locally contorted

Missing over UncompahgreUplift

High-angle cross beddingLocally forms large arches

Ledge and bench forming

Burro Canyon limited to southeast

Arch-formers in Arches N. P.

Navajo Sandstone

(May contain thin limestone beds)

Kayenta Formation

Wingate Sandstone

Chinle Formation

Moenkopi Formation

Kaibab Formation (subsurface)

White Rim Sandstone (subsurface)

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30-90 (100-300)

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0-275 (0-900)

0-400 (0-1,300)

0-18 (0-60)

0-130 (0-430)

Prominent cliff-former

“Black Ledge”

Locally contains uraniumdeposits

“Chocolate-brown,” ripple-marked sandstone

Exposed in Castle Valley?

Cutler Formation

Virgilian fusulinids

Caprock

Arkosic and subarkosic sandstone

Honaker Trail Formation

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Carnallite marker

“A” marker

“B” marker

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“C” marker

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Salt 9

Salt 10

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Salts 14-18

Salt 19

Salt 20

Note: No vertical scale intended. Quaternary, igneous, and Pre-Mississippian rocks are omitted in lithologic column.

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Salts 22-26

Salt 27

Salt 28

Salt 29

Locally petroliferous

Cane Creek marker (locally petroliferous)

“D” marker

Salt beds from Hite, 1977

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The views and conclusions contained in thisdocument are those of the author and shouldnot be interpreted as necessarilyrepresenting the official policies, eitherexpress or implied, of the U. S. Government.

PLATE 3 of 3Utah Geological Survey

Geologic Map 180

Geologic Map of theMoab and eastern part

of the San Rafael Desert30'x60' Quadrangles,

Grand and Emery Counties,Utah, and Mesa County, Colorado

UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEYa division of the

UTAH DEPARTMENT OFNATURAL RESOURCES

in cooperation with theU. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

COGEOMAP AgreementNo. 1434-92-A-1087

STATEMAP AgreementNo. 1434-98-HQAG-2067

FIGURE 4. Sources of geologic data. Numbered sources, shown by colors,are keyed to “Cited and Selected Map References.”

FIGURE 5. U. S. GeologicalSurvey 7.5 minute, 1:24,000-scale topographic map namesthat cover the map area.

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River

Potash

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Dolores

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115

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Dewey

6

GreenRiver

CiscoThompsonCrescent

Junction River

70

142

TABLE 1. Wells shown on cross sections. Map and

Line Cross-Section Label More Complete Designation Location

A-A’ Texaco Smoot #2 Texaco Inc., No. 2 Government Smoot NW1/4 SE1/4 section 17, T. 23 S., R. 17 E.B-B’ McRae O&G #1 Fed McRae Oil and Gas Corp., No. 1 Federal SW1/4 SW1/4 section 10, T. 25 S., R. 18 E.B-B’ Shell 1-21 MF-Fed Shell Oil, No. 1-21 Mountain Fuel Federal NW1/4 NW1/4 section 21, T. 23 S., R. 18 E.B-B’ TGE #1 Salt Valley NW Texas Gas Exploration, No. 1 Salt Valley NW SE1/4 NW1/4 section 23, T. 21 S., R. 18 E.B-B’ &C-C’ Ladd 1-27 Ladd Petroleum, No. 1-27 U Federal SW1/4 NW1/4 section 27, T. 24 S., R. 18 E.C-C’ MFS KL3 Mountain Feul Supply Co., No. 3 Klondike SW1/4 SW1/4 section 31, T. 23 S., R. 19 E.C-C’ MFS KL2 Mountain Fuel Supply Co., No. 2 Klondike NE1/4 SE1/4 section 22, T. 24 S., R. 19 E.C-C’ Texaco #1 McKinnon Texaco Inc., No. 1 Government McKinnon SW1/4 SW1/4 section 15, T. 23 S., R. 19 E.C-C’ Equity Equity Oil, No. 1 State NE1/4 SE1/4 section 36, T. 23 S., R. 19 E.C-C’ Continental Continental Oil, #1 Govt. Hall-Federal SW1/4 SW1/4 section 6, T. 23 S, R. 20 E.C-C’ Pure #1 Pure Oil Co., No. 1 State SE1/4 NW1/4 section 2, T. 23 S., R. 20 E.C-C’ Mobil #1-30 Elba Flats Mobil Oil, No. 1-30 Elba Flats SW1/4 NE1/4 section 30, T. 21 S., R. 22 E.D-D’ Burkholder I-G-I Union Oil of California, No. I-G-I Burkholder SW1/4 NE1/4 section 1, T. 26 S., R. 22 E.D-D’ Mobil 1-7 Mobil Oil, No. 1 Federal-Section 7 SW1/4 SE1/4 section 7, T. 24 S., R. 25 E.D-D’ Exxon #1 Onion Creek Exxon Corp., No. 1 Onion Creek-Federal SW1/4 NW1/4 section 18, T. 24 S., R. 25 E.

A SOUTH

Meters

2,000

1,000

Sea level

-1,000

-2,000

1,500

500

-500

-1,500

-2,500

Red Wash White Wash

TD 1,356 mSalt Wash Oil Field

(Salt Wash anticline)Texaco

Smoot #2

Tenmile grabenSalt Wash

Geology below sea level highly interpretive

NORTH A'Meters

2,000

1,000

Sea level

-1,000

-2,000

1,500

500

-500

-1,500

-2,500

LittleGrandWash

SolitudeWash

LittleGrandfault

HighwayI-70

UnionPacific RR

BrownsWash

E SOUTHWEST

Meters

4,000

3,000

2,000

3,500

2,500

1,500

NORTHEAST E'Meters

4,000

3,000

2,000

3,500

2,500

1,500

South Mesa

SchumanGulch

East Southwest

Bend incross-section

La Sal Mountains

Modified from Ross (unpublished information)

Surfaces on this cross section generally mantled with Quaternary deposits

C SOUTHWEST

Meters

Cross-section B-B’TD 810 m

MFSKL3

TD 2,387 mMFSKL2

Courthousesyncline

B SOUTH

Meters

2,500

1,500

500

-500

-1,500

-2,500

2,000

1,000

Sea level

-1,000

2,000

3,000

Horsethief Point

MineralCanyon

Mineral Point

HellRoaringCanyon

TD 2,676 mMcRae O&G

#1 Fed

Cross section C-C’

TD 2,878 mLadd 1-27


NORTH B'Meters

2,500

1,500

500

-500

-1,500

-2,500

2,000

1,000

Sea level

-1,000

-2,000

3,000

TenmileWash

TD 3,149 mShell 1-21- MF-Fed(Projected 1 mile)

Tenmilegraben

LittleGrandWash

HighwayI-70

UnionPacific

RR

Floy Wash

Hatch Mesa

Little Grand fault HorseMesa

TD 2,382 mTGE #1

Salt Valley NW(projected 1 mile)

2,500

1,500

500

-500

-1,500

-2,500

-3,500

-4,500

-5,500

2,000

1,000

Sea level

-1,000

-2,000

-3,000

-4,000

-5,000

-6,000

SpringCanyon

SpringCanyon

TD 2,878 mLadd 1-27 Moab splay

fault

TD 3,683 mTexaco

#1 McKinnon

TD 2,063 mEquity

HighwayUS 191

TD 3,100 mContinental

SaltValley

TD 672 mPure #1

LittleValleyWash

SaltWash

TD 5,624 mMobil

#1-30 Elba Flats

SagersWash

synclineSaleratus

Wash


NORTHEAST C'Meters

2,500

1,500

500

-500

-1,500

-2,500

-3,500

-4,500

-5,500

2,000

1,000

Sea level

-1,000

-2,000

-3,000

-4,000

-5,000

-6,000

undiffferentiated

Pennsylvanian-

Permian

clastics

Sea level

D WEST-SOUTHWEST

Meters

2,500

1,500

500

-500

-1,500

-2,500

-3,500

-4,500

2,000

1,000

-1,000

-2,000

-3,000

-4,000

-5,000

Cane Creekanticline

Potashampitheater

ColoradoRiver

ColoradoRiver

Kings Bottomsyncline

Gas wells projected into line of cross section

ColoradoRiver

Moab Valley

HighwayUS 191 Courthouse

syncline

Negro BillCanyon

TD 3,420 mBurkholder

1-G-1

PorcupineRim

CastleCreek

Priest and NunsButte Professor

Creek

Fisher Mesa

OnionCreek

SevenmileMesa

TD 5,756 mExxon

#1 Onion Creek

TD 3,796 mMobil

1-7

Moab Valleysalt-coredanticline

Castle Valleysalt-coredanticline

Onion Creeksalt-coredanticline


Meters

2,500

1,500

500

-500

-1,500

-2,500

-3,500

-4,500

2,000

1,000

Sea level

-1,000

-2,000

-3,000

-4,000

-5,000

DoloresRiver

Steamboat Mesa

Sagers Wash syncline

undiffferentiated

Pennsylvanian-

Permian

clastics

EAST-NORTHEAST D'

SagersWash

Salt Valleysalt-cored anticline

• Formation my house is built on:

• Qaf: Alluvial-fan deposits

• Poorly sorted, angular to subrounded gravel, containing cobbles and sparse boulders, in crudely bedded to unstratified granules, sand, silt, and clay matrix; cut-and-fill channel features locally present; deposited at the foot of mountains, cliffs, and at the mouths of streams; thickness commonly less than 15 meters (50 ft); Holocene to late Pleistocene.

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