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Cedar Mesa Sandstone

Cedar Mesa Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Early Permian, 286–245 Ma
Druid Arch. Needles District. Canyonlands UT. (9862534466).jpg

Druid Arch in Canyonlands National Park, an eroded fin of Cedar Mesa Sandstone
Type Geological member
Unit of Cutler Formation
Underlies Organ Rock Shale
Overlies Elephant Canyon Formation
Halgaito Member
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Coordinates 37°23′N 109°55′W / 37.383°N 109.917°W / 37.383; -109.917
Region Colorado Plateau
Country United States
Type section
Named for Cedar Mesa
Named by Arthur A. Baker
John B. Reeside, Jr., 1929

Cedar Mesa Sandstone (also known as the Cedar Mesa Formation) is a sandstone member of the Cutler Formation, found in southeast Utah, southwest Colorado, northwest New Mexico, and northeast Arizona.

Cedar Mesa Sandstone is the remains of coastal sand dunes deposited about 245–286 million years ago, during the early Permian period. Coloration varies, but the rock often displays a red and white banded appearance as a result of periodic floods which carried iron-rich sediments down from the Uncompahgre Mountains during its formation.

Named after topographic Cedar Mesa near the San Juan River in Utah, exposures of Cedar Mesa Sandstone form the spires and canyons found in the Needles and Maze districts of Canyonlands National Park, the inner gorge of White Canyon, and the three natural bridges of Natural Bridges National Monument.



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