Blackhawk FM
Blackhawk FM
Blackhawk FM
S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SEDIMENTARY FEATURES OF
By John 0. Maberry II
ABSTRACT
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CONTENTS
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ABSTRACT .. 0 .....................o........ *.......**... i-U
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIOiNS . . . ............... o .. o ..... o ..... viii
INTRODUCTION .................................o..o o... 0 1
Location .............e...«.....o.e............... 1
Methods of Investigation ......................... 3
Previous Work ...............................<>. 0 .. 4
Acknowledgements .....................e...e..««... 6
GENERAL STRATIGRAPHY ......,.........................<>. 9
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY ...... 0 ...........................o. 14
TRACE FOSSILS: BIOGENIC SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES ..*.... 19
Uses of Trace Fossils .. 0 ...... .................. 23
Descriptive Nomenclature .......... ..<>.... .. O ..«.o 25
Lithologic Relationship .......................... 25
Subdivision of Blackhav/k Trace Fossils ...<,......<> 27
Ethological Classes . O ......o...o...o........ 29
Bathyraetry of Trace Fossils . O ....*...o....«. 30
Systematic Description of Blackhawk
Trace Fossils ...«,. 9 0 ..... 0 .......... o..... *..«« 32
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INORGANIC SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES ................ a..... 57
Bedding S tructures ....oc..oc....o.o*.....o....... 58
Current Structures .........*........«......o.?o«. 64
Channel S tructures ......... e ,.. 0 ........., 0 . C oco. 67
Load S tructures .. * 0 .... o ...««......*.. 0 e 6 . 0 ...... 71
STRATIGRAPHY OF THE BLACKHA17K FORHATION ... o ........... 74
Kenil\7orth Member . t .. c. e ..«.. 0 ....... 3 ». 0 .«..«*.. 82
Sunnyside Membar ....... »».»».,»»»,.«»»*»»«o*oc*« 86
INTERPRETATION ..«..................................... 94
Prograding Beach Environment e««»*»»««»»e* 95
Deltaic Plain Environment .»v ..*....*............. 103
ENGINEERING AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY j............ 0 ."....«... 109
REFEREICES CITED ...................................... 120
APPENDIX .............................................. 132
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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Plate 1. Geologic map of the Blackhawk
Formation at Sunnyside, Utah .........co.Pocket
2. Facies relationships of Blackhav/k
Formation O .o..........o..».*.».*»...*«..Pocket
3« Subsidence cracks <,<>.« <>........o*. <>«« 18
4. Chevron trails .,. ».. . <>.. .». 33
us; A « o « . ... e. «« . «. « «« 35
us g,
Arthrophycus . « e o«***««**«**o******«* 36
7. Smooth tubes,
Chondrj.t^s ........ 0 ». « . » 38
® Cy1indrichnus £oncentrlcus ,......«...., 0 «« 40
9. Helicoid funnels ,.......o......»..»o..»o*» 42
11 fi^XP^I^Jltj9.*
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47
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14. Thalassinoides .................... .«» ., . 50
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Plate 15« Plural curving tubes,
Large horizontal burrows O .«o.««<»***««oo.«. 52
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17. Fecal pellets , 0 **o.«..«0**«*c«*«<>««o. <><>« 55
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Figure 20. Load cast structure ..................« «« 73
21. Blackhav/k Formation at Sunnyside ....,..« 75
22. Velocity--particle size graph ...... ...... e 77
23. Columnar stratigraphic section .......«<>..e 80
24. Blackhawk Formation at Sunnyside . 0 .».«« .« 85
25. Sunnyside Sandstone interval .............. 88
26. Rootmarks in Sunnyside Sandstone .......... 91
27. Stratigraphic relationships of the
Sunnyside coal bed ...................^..Pocket
28. Model of prograding marine beach
environment .. .....<>. ..«.«. «..«.....o...« 96
29. Diagrams of depositional environments
in the Sunnyside district . ....o......... 100
30. Model of delta plain environment ..»..«.««» 104
31. Model of fluvial channel environment o.o.e 107
32. Aftermath of coal mine buinp ...... .. o. 110
33. Sunnyside coal "squeezing" into
mine entry ................«....e.*e...«o 112
34. Sections showing deformation
around mine v/orkings ...«.......o.«.e.e.* 113
35. Large horizontal burro\vs in mine
roof rock o...<> . .. .................... 115
INTRODUCTION
Location
The Sunnyside district is in the western Book Cliffs,
27 miles east of Price, Utah (fig, 1). The district v/as
named for the first town in the area. Sunnyside is the
largest incorporated tov;n in the district, with a population
°f approximately 1200. The district is accessible by State
Highways 123 and 124, which connect to the ?/est and south,
respectively, with U. S. Highway 6 and 50. The Denver and
io Grande Western Railroad hauls coal from Kaiser Steel
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Corporation's Sunnyside No. 1, 2, and 3 mines, and the
Carbon County Railv/ay hauls coal from the U. S. Steel Cor-
poration's Columbia and Geneva mines. The region is situated
off the northeast end of the San Rafael Sv;ell and at the base
of the Roan Plateau, a maturely dissected high plateau in the
Colorado Plateaus physiographic province (Femieman, 1931,
p. 304), and is wholly within the Sunnyside 15-rainute
quadrangle of the U. S. Geological Survey.
Methods^ of i^£Sti^&ticm
The principal base map (plo 1) was constructed by using
an enlargement of Osterwald's map (1962) for the area north
of an east«v/est line through No. 2 Canyon. The southern
part of the map area v/as constructed by enlarging a part of
the Sunnyside 15-minute quadrangle topographic map and check-
ing the "fit" of the enlargement 7/ith stereo-paired aerial
photographso Changes to topography and cultural features
since map printing were corrected according to aerial photo-
graphs and personal observation,, Osterwald's map (1962)
shov/s lithology and structural geology, but does not group
lithologies by formation and member. The geologic map ac-
companying this paper utilized Osterwald's lithologic
contacts in the northern part of the area and geologic con-
tacts napped by the writer in the southern part.
Eleven stratigraphic sections (appendix 1) were measured
an Abney level and plotted as a panel diagram (pi. 2) to
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The Book Cliffs coal field has been the subject of much
scientific investigation. The coal deposits are thick and
*cll exposed, with lov; dips. In the Sunnyside district the
coal is high quality bituminous coking coal, which is par-
ticularly valuable to industry. The Sunnyside district is
also the locus of spectacular mine bumps which have been
studied intensively because they are hazardous^ to life and
Property.
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The writer enjoyed the counsel and encouragement of Dr.
JJL,
the study area and provided maps and other information regarding the
thanked for their help during the preparation of .the paper. Dr. George
Johnson of the Colorado School of Mines read the paper and gave con-
GENERAL STRATIGRAPHY
^bunnyside Member
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panther
Tongue
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various writers.
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MESA VERDE G R O U P
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Young (1955, p. 185) naaied six members of the Blackhawk
and, using Spieker's illustration (1939), re-emphasized that
the sandstone units of the Blackhav/k feather out eastward
into the Mancos Shale (fig. 2). Only two sandstone members
of the Blackhawk are present at Sunnyside, the Kenilv/orth
and Sunnyside Members. Young's Spring Canyon and Aberdeen
Members tongue out northwest of Sunnyside, and the Grassy
and Desert Members begin south of the area of interest.
Cobban and Reeside (1952) assigned the Blackhawk to the
middle of the Cainpanian Stage (lower Pierre of the Western
Interior) of the Late Cretaceous.
Objections have been raised to the use of the term
"Mesaverde Group" in Utah and Wyoming, because there is some
disparity in age between the Sunnyside section and the type
Hesaverde at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. Others
have pointed out, however, that the terra "Group" has no time
significance and that "Mesaverde Group" is the correct des-
ignation for the rocks under discussion (Abbott and Liscomb,
1956, p. 120; Erodsky, 1980, p. 17). The term is therefore
retained for use in this report.
The writer has objections to Young's definition of the
enilv;orth Member and the Sunnyside Member. Young (1955,
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BIOGENIC SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES
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SEIYIIRELIEF
CONVEX CONCAVE
HYPORELIEF
CONCAVE CONVEX
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FULL RELIEF
FILLING ORIGINAL CAVITY
communication). Epj.relief and hyporelief are subdivided into
convex* and concave, A convex feature is one that projects
above the upper bedding surface or belov/ the bottom bedding
surface.
Pascichnia
Chevron trails (pi. 4, figs, 1 and 2).
Trace fossil occurring as convex epireliefs on bedding
surfaces Of very fine-grained sandstones, Yfidth of track
varies from 10 to 15 EICI and averages 12 ran. Commonly multi-
, subparallel to parallel trails. Often aligned
l to shoreline, as shown by measurement of associated
Pplenarks, sole markings, and alignment of detritus on
ding surfaces. Apparently pascichnia formed by orgauisns
Plate 4
Fodinichnia
T^-Vc]\ic,hTius A (pi. 5, figs. 1, 2 and 3).
Burrow consisting of a series of £l>£§ii: s v/hich foro a
vertical blade. When viewed from the side, resembles a
narrov:-angle "lazy" V 8 Intei'layored with the sj3rej.jte are
carbonaceous, silty laniuae v/hich have not baan burrowed.
The nonburroived material is fine grained and not resistant,
and hence forms a constriction in the blade. The constric-
tions give TeJLchjlch^ius* A the gross appearance of a series of
superposed round tubes, all emanating from a primary, or main
tube. Height of the blade varies froni 2 to 4 cm; width is
usually about 5 mm, and a length of more than 75 en has been
observed on outcrops. The blade itself is always normal to
bedding, but sjDrjeijte of the blade vary fron horizontal to
vertical, and commonly form a sinuous pattern. Found in dense
sandy siltstone deposited in marine neritic environments
*
(Seilacher, 1954, p 8 310) 8 A feeding burrow of a detritus
feeder, possibly a polychaete worm.
2),
Possibly forced by the s?.me organisms as type A, but is
a nuch larger structure, always in the form of a vertical
blade cutting across bedding, with spreite forming superposed
tubas. The individual tubes are oval in cross-section,
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Plate 10
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Indicative of tidal zone to floodplain environment, probably
made by polychacte wori:is (J. D. Howard, 19G7, oral cosuauni ca-
tion).
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Doinichnia
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Cubichnia
Sylls^UBiLEfiB (pl- 16, figs. 1 and 2).
Resting traces preserved as concave hyporeliefs in fin3~
and medium- to fine-grained sandstones. Traces may form a
circular pattern, an apparent trail, or may occur singly.
Suggested by Howard (1968a, p. 78) to be made by "jellyfish
or an animal with similar bottom configuration." Traces are
oval, and have constant dianeter of 10 to 15 nun. In cross
section they exhibit a peripheral trough 2 to 5 mm deep with
transverse v/alls. The center is a raised boss slightly lower
than the surrounding surfaces, 5 to 10 mm wide, and is saucer-
shaped. The trace is uncommon, but its occurrence on outcrops
is probably limited by the scarcity of horizontal bedding sur-
face exposures. Indicative of littoral to sublittoral
environment (Ssilacher, 1964, p. 311).
Fecal Material
Pellets (pl. 17, figs. 1 and 2).
Pellet-like structures preserved as convex epirelief or
convex hyporelief at sand-to-sand interfaces. Ovoid, \7ith a
tiajor axis of 5 to 10 run and minor axis about 5 ran. Locally
abundant, these features exhibit no interior structure.
Sinilar morphologically to Saj^j^i^chnus Seilacher, 1953
(Hantzschel, 1962, p. V/215). The trace fossil is believed by
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Plate 17
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the author to represent feces of fish or of large
crustaceans in a shallov/ neritic to littoral environment,
bocause of the stratigraphic position and litholo^ic r.ssoci;
tion of these trace fossils.
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SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES
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F!ode!I'll Structiires^
Sandstones of the Blackball: Foruation corrjnonly are
cross-stratified. The nature of the cross-stratification
Tories vrith the current velocity in vyhieh it was produced.
Thickness and type of stratification depends mostly upon the
velocity of the transporting medium. In strata deposited in
quiet water, laminar bedding is dominant, and depositioiial
Cross~stratification is uncommon; deposits in environments of
higher kinetic energy are thin- to thickbedded (2 in» to 5
ft), and most are crossbedded in wedge-shaped sets (fig, 8)
6 inches to 2 feet thick. Such sets are tangential at their
teases, and have planar tops (fig. 9). Sole markings in beds
Of this type are parallel to the direction of crossbedding.
^fcis indicates that the beds were built up in the direction of
*edinent transport. Primary dip of crossbsdding varies with
the energy of the environment, but dip angles greater than
*® degrees are rare. Most crossbedding in Blackhav/k sand-
at Sunnyside dips to the southeast at 2 to 15 degrees;
O f direction of transport indicate a nearly con-
direction of S 80 E. Of 80 measurements of features
icative of transport direction selected at random fron
oid notes, 74 are within 2 degrees of S 80 E, and none
more than 20 degrees. The directional features
include crossbedding, flute casts and other sole
asymmetrical ripplenarks, and orientation of plant
on bedding surfaces. The nearly unidirectional
Figure 80 Terminology of Crossbedding (modified from Potter
and PettiJohn, 1963, p. 69). No scale.
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thickness,
depth
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Crossbedding
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Crossbedding
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transverse to the direction of crossbsdding; according to
letter and. PettiJohn (p. 94), these ripples aid in delineat-
Ins the depositional strike. Interference ripplemarks (Potter
rarJ Pcttijohn, p. 93) formed by currents operating at large
fr-^los to each other, and characterized by po3yso:>al cusps,
arc found in so~:3 bads (fig. 16).
Channel §^>jctiires_
Channel deposits occur in nearly all types of bods. They
vary in width, 'depth, direction of transport, and orientation
vithin beds; channel deposits can seldon be traced for any
fcrpreciable distance laterally, hov/ever, because they ccmiiionly
crop out high on vertical cliffs and are inaccessible, and
they are covered by colluviuni on north-facing slopes 6
Channel deposits are found in tvro lithologic relation-
: scours into muds tone that are filled, v/ith sandstone,
scours into sandstone that are filled v/ith sandstone.
use these lithologic relationships may have soiae bearing
..0n interpretation of depositional environment, their data
fc ' 1 1 K
* 1J- Da presented .separately.
Channel deposits of sand in muds tone (fig. 17),, are con-
t^--'}
ViiJ-y the smaller of the tv;o type?* Most are bilaterally
' Metrical about a th?.lv:cg at tho center of the channel.
anel deposits of this type observed at Sunnyside r.re less
I '^
k^ 50 feat wide and less than 20 feet deep 0 They are len~
sandstone bodies, convex dov/nwarcl v/ith nearly planar
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into underlying carbonaceous Eudstone, middle Kenilv;ortb
Shale* Pick scale*
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Figure 21 c Blackhr-.v/Ic Formation at Sunnyside, Utah.
Key: C Castlesats Forn?.tion
S Sxmnyside Member
K Kenilv/orth L'GCibsr
M Mancos Shale
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In this report the ter~i "sands tono" refers to indurated
: : .!i::-.--nts cGT.'prisiirj particles fi-CM .032 to 2 C 0 L:;.I diai-istcr.
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i :ot abundant at the interface of siltsto:-o and overlyin^;
randotone, P. horizon thr.t r-e-preGe/its a surfr.ce of depo^5 tio':i 0
I isturbanco of the sedinent Avas so intense in thc-so bsc's
(fi- 9 5A)'th^t fev/ identifiable trace fcss.VJ.s p.ve p^t3OT/£d
,! r tho rocIiSo
The next overlying portion of tho sequence is costly
t'.ir.^-sddaii, ve:.4 y fine-drained sandstone T.r jth win or, discoii"
1 I:\ITOUG lenses ?.:u! pods of ccirbo:iriceou2, fo^silifei'onn silt«
fitcTie, The fine-grained sandstone corraionly contains
i '-jr.ripplcs, current ripples and oscillation ripples; nost
lc-ds are crossbedded in tangential foreset sets c This sand-
stone contains abundant trace fossils of the kind interpreted
fcy Seilacher and others to be indicative of shallow v/:itor
{p» 45 to 55 of this paper) 0 Thinbedded sandstones are
characterized by an abundance of trace fossils. 2lilL}l£^J?A"
underlying usnit^ s
The tipp'2vr.os£ unit in tho scqu^nco is a very light-^rey
sandstone, nor^^rO.ly \.; ell co'.'cc.;1 s fine-- to ri-diir/.i-'graiiioc!, ^iid
Young, 1355
mollusc shells
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hb
-Rock Canyon coal bed
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Thickbedded
sandstone
Thinbedded
sandstone
Interbedded
sandstone and siltstone
The iaterbcckled basal sequence of the sandstorio OSSS^"-*-':
in ovorlr.in by thinbsdded, cro^s-stratified saadotone that
co.itr.iii3 variable amounts of carbonaceous debris* Foreset
ci-cssbcddirg is the r-ost cornion type of cross-stratificatioiu
* ; :; sandoto'.iO bsc'.s contajn an ab'j.sidant trace fossil fauna; th-
i-tUvlduaJs cf the fauna of each bed vary vith the ancunt of
c.-rlioiii-icc-ous datritus in the sedir-i-^nto Tho less carbonaceouo
i . ,'3 co'.itr.in A^lich^ites, Gyrochorto, Oghijr^.Drphq'_ s vertical
C vl i'\-:';.\ichxiv^ s plurr.l curving tubas r.nd chevron trails« Beds
vith a nod.er0.tc to high carbonaceous debris content contain
th".t the "upper so:o" and "lov/or soam 11 ^re splits of tho stuio
!'.;! end were fon:v3cl isi tho s:r: .;9 sv;r.rio (Brodoky, 19GO, p e 36) c
V-:D split is not everywh^o pvoocivt in the aroo.; it thins to
the north p.nd east, and thickens to the couth and vast.
The cc:'jr,e,itary sequence overlying tho coal is cliarac"
Vvircc! by v^:,'y cnrbor.9C3O^s shales, muds tones, and silt-
i'Uuco, r.nd lenticular S£-.ndstO2iss and siltstones* The only
u .-.?o fossils observed in rock.? of this sequence are large
1 ' isontal burrov/s aiid labyrinth castings. L?.rge hovi^ont?.!
^-rroT?s are nearly ubiquitious in the rocks overlying tho
fe?per split of the coal. Labyrinth castings are associated
large pieces of carbonized material v/hich are strati"
y above or b-alov/ the coal. The thin-shelled, small 9
^rly preserved nolluscan fauna previously referred to in
"* is Paper (p. 81) v/as found 40 to 60 feet above the coal bed.
*ho upprr boundary of the Sunnyside Meraber, Vr'hich is
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-PLANTS
'/~ LAGOONAL
- - PEAT. COAL
:.'~-~-SAND, SANDS TONE*
: ';o::r beds arc inlets c^/r/od into th-s bench (fig. 28) by
tides that alloy/ad a mixing 01 nsriro r-.nd noun?.vins t;aters
: !\-.I fauna* Ths most pv^ob:--.b?.o rerson for the 3?.ck of body fos-
sils in the rocks is that the botton eriViroaiK-nt v/as unfavor-
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The clG3cri*c-jd coiicMt.icos v;c-re broi^:;ht about by an CYo:r«*
, ' ~. ri;jrc.^3AOii of the; E^ r\ 9 \/J.tli r.eco.'i^'.i-iyirr: son.'./ard pi-occ^-^''-'
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^'t.i'.s arc-as in thD Siijinyo xtfo nine:; are ch^.rr.otci^i:-:-'J by
" t'.^.t centi:»v.p.!ly t? ^cus?.;s3 !? inl;o the entries and spalls
tlinroby continually reler-.sit^ -tress (fi^o 33) 0 Other
: r.i*e r;:irl:ec< by floor-: anticlines s roof syiiclines, and
*"i'il ribs, all conditions rGSultir-s fro;-* stress bviilcUip ii;
cc.xl (C3t3rw.-ld s 193:i. s p e C3'!9) 0 The rcc^ rock p.l-G-v-3
', / j^'.in^" area^ ciM.:r jiily is r. -ri'r.c---t,rairie'a E5.1tr<tr-UG c^J
; cO:ie e The roo/ roc": in othor areo-S ox co:"l d.:»j:or-r-i?/cioix
i " P. coarser-brained siltstone or jL.ino'.-g;r?.i7ied S:\aootcn3o
. :v\.^ld (19G2, p c C5) ruis sho:.n that, other factors bsing
,...lj the difference in coefficient of frictio:i v:ith the
" . 1 bot\?e3n the fine-srainocl and the coarse-grained roof
- -Tec clot ermines the relative ease vrith v/hich the ccal c?,n
' ovo laterally,,
V/here t*n& coal is able to nove laterally v/lth relative
c:2o, the coal nefir the roof Eay sp:«.ll off into the entry
'--d effect the continual reler.se of stress in the coal (fig*
2-1). Bumps that occur under these roof conditions are be-
**ovc;d to be of louer Magnitude th?.j? bucips that occur in
c "e?.s of coarse-grained roof rocks 0 The course rocks, v/ith
^-sir higher coefficient of friction vrith the coal, contrib-
l:t(2 to a high buildup of stress in the coal, and, thereby to
iavorable conditions for large bumps.
k Inorganic and bicgonic sediiuc-ntary structures are three
c ^^Sasional, Both types of features iaay have reliefs of up
tO 18 inches in Blackhnuk rocks, as do so:.:o load casts and
ri--:o 10
:- c cc-!, carbonaceous
.- ; e, c r shafy sMtstone
Coarse-grained
ccrb. si Its tone
Medium-to fine-
grained silts tone
; -v ... ?-' - '/f
(';//
Shear ' ,\\
fractures 1^
;''
Cod! / Mine work! ng Coal
\A \\IoGrse-grained
\\vcarb. silts tone
- " r:,<:l-pAIlo'.y stv.-uctuves, cr thsy 1'r.y bi only filr.3 on the
; ",:;:c surf i'.c-Df such a.-> tho troco fo;j.3j.l Cho^i'ite3 « Most
3!;i- '.V:.v. ? hO'/GYoi' f are of sufficient relief to ir.flucoico
friction bol:v:.-;.n tv:o rock CDC-I'O vh-rn structures occur
t"..:-ir iiiocrfacc?* A spriti£.l and directional orientation of
' ;. :tv.-'o?» exxcto in tho re j!-'.o at S..i.r1: y:-j:' d-^ ; toci.^so such an
; ' -.tr.tion i.ai3t exist iv. r.iiy rocT: th:vc va:> clc^corted by n
C. . ; ctioncil ageiicv* The ccr-tjualt^ of crie-it^tlon Vi-.ri.G3
\ii:h the typa of structure: tho trace fo^&il Thr-.lrspj.iioidos^
: ."".J.b.lts 210 prG^t-rrod orienfctitioxi, vhsrer.s current ripple-
: . 1:3 and large horisontfil barro"/:3 (ii^ e 35) both have highly
i -crerrecl orientations. Rocks co:it?.ining Ir.rge horizontal
I .-/. XJ'JG , v/hich arc- tubos of st;ncsto^c in a cnrbonr.ccov.s silt-
-'. :v.a or r:ucl3to:ic natrix, have lov/ov she or str;.-;A.Q;th th?\ii
r. roi'-D:.AO s
; .11 ; W c J« Jr., Kivuioy, D c M,, rr.d 2^.;-;p, A, D OJ 1953,
Lf.test Cret?.ceooS a':-1 en.rl.Uvr-.t Tt:rclr-.ry recks bstv/etn
Castlejats Jiv/:! G:-'cc;-: River, tJ-.:r-h (?.bi;»): Gcolo SoCo
Anorica Bull., v* 67, p c 17C1 4«,
i:?.ls, L s A., PJIC- VCLP. D? Giv.r.x, Free!, 1954^ Cretaceous Stra-
tigraphy of thG Uintix Basjn- i_n laitcr-nouiitp.in Assoc s
Pctroleu:;; Geologista Gnicioboo!:, 13th An:i 0 Field Couf,,
Uint?. B?sin Utah's hydroc^'i'bon storehouse, p 0 3.23--150,,
i-.'ntzschel, Walter, 1962, Trace f o^slls and problenatic?.. i^i
Treatise G-J Iiivcrlobyate Paleontology, Part Vf, Mjscel-
lania; Joi?it Co-v^ittes on I/r/ertebrate Paleontology,
Re C« Moore. ed c i Gool. Soc c /*noi-ica raid Univ. Kansas
Press, p. Yil77-T,/2^5.
boazen, B d C 0 , and Kollister, Charles, 1964, Deep-sea currant
evidence fro:-- abyss s-.l sedinents: Marine Gcol., v* 1,
p. 141-174.
I:'ollenshe?,d, C, T., ar.d Pritchard, R. L c , 1980, Geonetry of
producing Mesavorcle s?M'dstonc;s, San Juan Easjii, i_n An,
AssoCe Pctroleura Geologists Fiesearch Coi.;:.-i», Geometry of
sandstone bodies a synposiv:n: ALI. Assoc. Petroleun
Geolo-ists, 1961, p. 98-118.
;?. P C B N,, Pr-;-'e, B 5 M,, and Avsritt, Pr.ul, 1943, Geology
5 tables.
1956: p, 116-119.
rt
Klein, G c deV,, 1967, Paleocurrciit analysis in relation to j
modern narine sedineiit dispsi-sr.l pr.ttorns: An, Assoc* \
PetrolGun Geologists Bull., v. 51, KO« 3, p. 306-282 e
, C, T,, 1916, Geology £^nd coal resources of Castle I
Valley in Carbon, Emery ?,nd Sovier Counties, Utah: f
U* S 0 Gsolo Survey Bull, 628, 88 p. !
s, C. D«, 1955, Sediiaentolosy of the Mesaverde Group |
i
and of ths upper pnrt of the Mancos Fornation of north- *
vvestern Colorado: unpub. Ph. D. thesis, Yale Univ., f
i
88 p 9 I
? 'cICGe, E. D,, 1957, Primary structures in some recent sedi« . j
f
ments: Ain s Assoc. Petroleum Geologists" Bull., v. 41, ' I
noo 8, p. 1704-1747. ' f
W '
> .._.__.__ 1964, Inorganic sedimentary structures, J.n f
t
Approaches to Paleoecolosy, Jo Iinbrie and N. New oil, I
eds.: Kc-v Yorl:, Vil-y and So:-.:;, p. 275-295.
1935 - EVporir:ci\ts on ripplo Irninaticii, jLii Primary
G>n!:.i;!£nt;iry strucU:rc3 r.v.d their hydvDdyiitriic interpre-
G -«-l_- -'.-
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>^rker, L, R, 5 19G8, Cretaceou3 plants of the Blaekha.vlx
For-.iatj.cn of Central Utah (t-.bs,), in Gcol, Soc e Anerica
Rocky Mountain Section program, 1968 Anii u neetir-g:
Geol c Soc c Ari^rica, Boulder, Colorr.do, p.- 57 9
^ikci, T/ e S,j. 19*17, Intertopxguin^ narino and nor«marine Uppc-r
Cretaceous deposits of Ncv/ Mexico, Arizona a:id soiith-
T/estern Colorado: Gool e SnCo America Me:.i. 24^ p« 13«25«
-'otter, P, E«, 1967, Sand bodies and scdinentary environ-
noxits: a rovicv/; An c Assoc. Petrol, Geologists' Bull.,
v e 51, no. 3, p c 337-365.
. ;: -, f P 0 KCJ, ?iid P-^L L?. J-:.-'..'; Ft- J c , 1933 ; Pj.lcoouri-tilts and
;:. c'- rdocii, E, G», 1907, Tho Pod: Clixi'o cor^l lielcl bst'.:£Oii
s ;UsT<er, E c Mo, 1931, The Was sit ch Plateau coal field, Utah:
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132
brittle, ci'o3G"lfL~i 3n.?i ;o d;.v> southeast r.^.c- n
T7est« Above is cr.r:.-o.;"tr-.ccov,o nudntouo vi i:h
t;?.ny plant iLipre3oio::o - - -.« -=>..=,
Kenilv/orth Member
Kenilvorth Shale
Shale-2i;iidstoiie t ciediui.i^grey, slightly silty s
v;ith thin, discontinuous 'silts-tone \vith iron-
stons lay c-rs «-« ""-" »»»« «.««««.«-, =»-.«,.»«^ r»««.~^^« t-«,« -.,.-. « 75
Feet
Castlegcite Foriiatj.cn
Sandstone, li^ht-^rey-yellc'./ to iiGdiiui-yallov;
brov:s», fin^- to r.adiv/. I'-^raj.riGd. very carbo-
naceous, vitn coal.if .led v;oocJy dabris throii^h-
out, labyrinth castings cordon on loss and
thick sections of carton. Bedding e;:trenely
contorted. Poorly sorted, silty, clay&y,
Bl?.ckhav/k Fornation
I
Sunnyside Member . I
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Surmyside Shcu.a t
Covered Interval' strinfers and lenses of: j
sandstone, very fine-grainsd, hard, iron- j
stained, calcareous, very carbonaceous, |
irregularly b3c!d<2d; di^s in colluviun sho*,7 f
muds tone, carbonaceous, dark-prey"-"""""" -" -" 32 ?
I
Sandstone, light-grey to nediu.iV"grey, fine- to 1
mediur.i-grained t poorly sorted, calcareous, j
carbonaceous. Yroathsrs very light-grey; ' i
crosS'-la^inae dip ri-ostly southeast in sets J
to 1.5 ft thick, tangential at bo.se; thin, \
irregularly bedded, silty, with labyrinth " (
castings and large horizontal burrov/s-~~~-« «« 16 I
I Covered, colluviuri slope* Digs at intervals j
shov; isiudGtoiic, very dark gi*ey, very carbona- !
ceous, nodular; siltstone stringers throughout; [
13G }
UDDOi* part. Conditions that governed tlio deposition of thc-^c
sediments were i.ot as orclorly as those controlling dvpo-itio;:
of the sandotona Ci^'T:^.'...,.; : ",3, bs-causc the vertical lithologie
succession in the coal'-boar.'.!-g unit is unpredictable, v/hsro-?.s
tha succession in the- sr.r.c'vtones is reli.t Ivoly predictable.
The only body fc^ils foui-d in the area by the author occur
fron 40 to 60 foot stratigraphically above the £ii/>riycida co:^l
bed in dark f;.<*oy, silty, cs.vb'niacooiio rrac-stone (fic;> 23)«
The fauna co-^p^isco s/ir.11, thir---c:Iiollccl poorly preserved rnol-
IUGCS that v/ere identified by T/ 0 A fr Cobb'in of the U 0 S.
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clayey, carbonaceous. At 23 ft above base
7-1190
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is interbedded sandstone, light-grcy-yellow to
yellow-orange, very fine-drained, silty,
slightly very finely carbonaceous, calcareous,
thinbedded and slabby. Interbeds increase in
number upv/ard to make single bed 9 ft thick at
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above - - 115
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siltstone, sandy, c^vbonacecus, very calcare-
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Kenilvorth Shale
Covered "diss shov/ badly v/oathercd coal (Rock
Canyon) at bn.se. At 18 ft is ?i 7-ft thick
bad of very silty sandstone. ?P?}-'- c;ii9 r .£ll?- ^- n
this bed* Brov/ii-oran^e to yelTo~w«-grean,
lir-ionite cei-isnt, calcareov.s , highly burrowed
by Op h ?. cr.ojrpjirx s C^/^ j. n ar j. c ! >. ' : tis P,I; c! T o i ch i chnrs ,
Carbonaceous throv^licuc , r. trociks of CcTrbo'n?*-
c e on s d a r k-- 2 r c y c 1 a y s t o n 3 » V e r y t h i it b 3 d. d 3 d
to laminated, plr.ty to shaly. Top 7 ft is
interbcdcled silts tono arid clr.ystone; silt-
stone, red-brov/n (burnt) to clarl;-grey,
burrov/ed intsnsively, cr-rbonr.coous, very
calcareous, structuresless , in very thin
beds; claystor-e, dark-^rey to black, silty,
shaly. very carbonaceou3 , slightly very finely
sandy. Siltstona hr.s Ophionorpha and
Cylindrichnus escaDa burr"ov/s -" «-" " --."- - "-^--« 85
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Sunnysicie Member
c;-, s-.v -.-?'- ? / -'" ^> c; i- r. i ,-, JK^-^^y
o 1.U 1 A 1 y ^O . u G Oii,^jLG ^scs^i
Sandstons, light-grey-yello*/; to
very fine- to fine-grained, thinly interbeddscl
v/ith grey carbonaceous siltstone at base (7 ft)
intricately crossbedded, cross lariinated,. next
upv:ard is thickbedcled sandstone, cross-lami-
nated ? very fine-grained, as above, 9 ft thick;
siltstone, carbonaceous, v/ith sandstone
interbcds, completely rev/orked, 13 ft. upper
161
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Kenilv:orth Member
Kenilv;orth Shale
c »~ -.-.,? r. -;- ,*- . "j 4 /-/> ' ) "- _-,.-.--,-> t''" ' "i"*1 * f >" 1 r-*' r vo>*'/' "? i ../ir.-.
l-,,'i.» 5 v 1. '-v.-j A j_ J_, ; I V j_', t C- _« L >-' J" i. -^.o.O" J V l^ i. ^/ X ,*. i . -..
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Teic!\j.clriiv.-o , Cyl.i--.ch-j ch.Ti..-;, Gyj-ochortOj
Ruh ?: :;\Te.: J Irr-.c":?; i'.nc' t^^ils 3 Sc^o beds
'/^'- "-. -, -, "; "V " T," ,., ^ J--t. T _ .'. x,,, -, ..-.-.--, .. . '.r^. v, »,
C'^v '.p -*_ t,'.:.'./ !'i<^« L. f. J. r;U. Uy I c^-U-I i*.J-i.^, « V v^ I ^ tiij il~"
boJc'.oc! n::c! l^.i.iii^ted, pl?.t;^, very calcareous,
well c;ortc.,' ^C:I^IT.J.I\ ? c?.rboiU' ^cous 4 Ripplo
c>'OKS-3.?_':sj.jia"c j.oii clc.'.'iiviP/^.v., so:i3 siisc^cstio'-i ol
n e £ a r i p> p 1 o o « Very I r r cj 5; ii I ~ r n p pet- s n r f a c e ?
bD.sc covered - - -....---«.-. --^ « 52
Castlegate Fornation
Sandstone, light-g-rey, fine- to
chaoti c bedding ~--.--.--.«... .-,
Sho.le
Covered to.se is a fev: inches of clay ovGrlr-i
by 15 In. Rock CTi^yo.i cor.l. Fov; lenticulr.r
beds of sr.ndstoua, vary f iito-s-rain-jd, ^roy-
brov/nj silty, sl.j.^htly cp.lcs-rcoiis t carbona-
ceous, iron ce:nont «, I?:qoc3sd lov/er 20 ft.
Rest covApletely covered. Includes the
inter b.?c-d-'jd ppiidsto'ae- rind siltsto:;*::- of the
lover Suiiuy^.i.C'O r.r,d the brse of ths thii\-
bood^d unit o" thi» Su'iu^ida Sr.r.0^1.ono
CD H" o co « a CD co a (D
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T-1190 i72
Feet
Feet
calcareous, forms rounded ledge. Few fossils,
Ophioino^phs. only within beds, Gyi^ochorte and
tops of Ophionorpha burrows and v/oody debris
common on^beduing plaues. Cross-lamina ted and
thin to thick bipolar crossbedding that dips
5-10 degrees. Well-sorted, transport direction
S 70 E to N 85 E. Ironstone concretions numer-
ous, honeycomb weathering - « ,«. -~ 35
Konilivorth Member
Kenilv/orth Sriidsto
Sandstone , li-ht o vovy llf;b v«-c;rcy, fine-
only
177
Feot
1^5 ft thi.clc, thin to-.o.rd IS 12. Unit lenticu-
lar, pinch--: 3 ov.t e'-ist'rnu west* Carbo^acoo'o:?
debris thi o'j^hoii t '-- -- -* «"- -"------- -*- ---" «« "- ' " "« 50
GEOLOGY OF
THE
BLACKHAWK
FORMAT ON
AT
SUNNYS DE.UTAH
by
JOHN 0. MABERRY
1968
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Mancos Shale
Faults
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Scale 1:12000
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>Sunnyside Sondstone
Kemlworth Snale
^enHworth Sandstone
Sands tone
Sandstone and
siltstone
Mu d stone
Covered
Sha le or claystone