Global Information Lookup Global Information

Fort Union Formation information


Fort Union Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian-Selandian (Lancian-Clarkforkian)
~66–58 Ma
PreꞒ
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
Fossils from the Fort Union Formation
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsAtwell Gulch, China Butte, Ekalaka, Lebo, lower Ludlow, Overland, Rock Bench Quarry, Sentinel Butte, Shotgun, Somber beds, Tongue River, Tullock, upper Ludlow, Polecat Bench Formation
UnderliesWasatch Formation
OverliesHell Creek Formation, Lance Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, shale
OtherCoal
Location
Coordinates47°00′N 104°36′W / 47.0°N 104.6°W / 47.0; -104.6
Approximate paleocoordinates52°48′N 80°06′W / 52.8°N 80.1°W / 52.8; -80.1
RegionMontana, North Dakota
Wyoming, Colorado
CountryFort Union Formation United States
ExtentPowder River Basin
Fort Union Formation - stratigraphy

The Fort Union Formation is a geologic unit containing sandstones, shales, and coal beds in Wyoming, Montana, and parts of adjacent states. In the Powder River Basin, it contains important economic deposits of coal, uranium, and coalbed methane.[1]

  1. ^ Wyodak Coal, Tongue River Member of the Fort Union Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming: "No-Coal Zones" and Their Effects on Coalbed Methane Production, by Mark Ashley, 2005

and 27 Related for: Fort Union Formation information

Request time (Page generated in 0.9015 seconds.)

Fort Union Formation

Last Update:

The Fort Union Formation is a geologic unit containing sandstones, shales, and coal beds in Wyoming, Montana, and parts of adjacent states. In the Powder...

Word Count : 1554

Fort Union

Last Update:

Fort Union may refer to: Fort Union Formation, an economically important geologic formation in the northwestern United States Fort Union National Monument...

Word Count : 105

Hell Creek Formation

Last Update:

bedding above and occasionally within the formation, near its boundary with the overlying Fort Union Formation. The world's largest collection of Hell Creek...

Word Count : 4521

Paleobiota of the Hell Creek Formation

Last Update:

in Hell Creek in amber. Fossils found in the Hell Creek Formation and the Fort Union Formation of these insects went extinct during the K-T Event. A paleo-population...

Word Count : 7483

Tullock Formation

Last Update:

The Tullock Formation is a geologic formation in Montana. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period. Earth sciences portal Paleontology...

Word Count : 55

Barylambda

Last Update:

(NALMA classification) DeBeque Formation of Colorado and the Clarkforkian Wasatch Formation to Tiffanian Fort Union Formation in Wyoming. Three species of...

Word Count : 390

Amia basiloides

Last Update:

comprising nearly complete skull with a partial skeleton found in the Fort Union Formation in Montana, USA. This specimen was previously assigned to the species...

Word Count : 303

Tongue River

Last Update:

Dayton, Wyoming, U.S. Tongue River Member, a geologic member of the Fort Union Formation in North Dakota and Wyoming Tongue River Massacre (1820) Battle of...

Word Count : 125

Project Rio Blanco

Last Update:

low-permeability sandstone lenses at the base of the Fort Union Formation and the upper portion of the Mesaverde Formation. This was the third and final natural-gas-reservoir...

Word Count : 420

Williston Basin

Last Update:

Prairie Formation. Major potash-producing companies include Nutrien and Mosaic. The Williston Basin holds large coal deposits, primarily in the Fort Union Formation...

Word Count : 1439

Hutchemys

Last Update:

UCMP 130000 from the Paleocene Tullock Formation of Montana. Aspideretes? nassau (YPM PU 11566) from the Fort Union Formation, Duffy's Ranch of Sweet Grass County...

Word Count : 578

Ludlow Formation

Last Update:

The Ludlow Formation is a geologic formation in western North Dakota. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene Period. Paleontology portal List...

Word Count : 88

Polecat Bench Formation

Last Update:

The Polecat Bench Formation is a geologic formation in Montana. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period. The polyglyphanodontian lizard...

Word Count : 91

Xanclomys

Last Update:

perhaps a second, unnamed species. Rigby (1980), Swain Quarry of the Fort Union Formation, Middle Paleocene (Torrejonian), Carbon County, Wyoming: geologic...

Word Count : 136

Powder River Basin

Last Update:

majority of the coal mined in the Powder River Basin is part of the Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), with the low sulfur and ash content of the coal in the...

Word Count : 3329

Sentinel Butte Formation

Last Update:

The Sentinel Butte Formation is a geologic formation of Paleocene age in the Williston Basin of western North Dakota. It preserves significant assemblages...

Word Count : 80

2024 in paleoichthyology

Last Update:

"Dongfangaspis" qujingensis and Damaspis vartus from the Devonian Xishancun Formation (China), and reinterpret "D." qujingensis as a member of the genus Damaspis...

Word Count : 5417

American paddlefish

Last Update:

of P. tuberculata from the Lower Paleocene Tullock Member of the Fort Union Formation in Montana, dating to around 65 million years ago. An elongated rostrum...

Word Count : 5886

Wasatch Formation

Last Update:

formation overlies the Fort Union Formation and is overlain by the White River Formation. There is a regional, angular unconformity between the Fort Union...

Word Count : 6113

Tongue River Member

Last Update:

The Tongue River Member is the uppermost geologic member of the Fort Union Formation in Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming. The strata are yellow or light-colored...

Word Count : 182

Lance Formation

Last Update:

The Lance (Creek) Formation is a division of Late Cretaceous (dating to about 69–66 Ma) rocks in the western United States. Named after Lance Creek, Wyoming...

Word Count : 1457

Ignacius

Last Update:

earliest known specimens of Ignacius come from the Torrejonian of the Fort Union Formation, Wyoming and the most recent known specimens from Ellesmere Island...

Word Count : 1501

Geology of Montana

Last Update:

Montana lowlands were covered in up to 4000 feet of sediment. The Fort Union Formation in the east, made up of the Tongue River, Lebo and Tullock members...

Word Count : 1080

Denver Formation

Last Update:

Paleontology portal Dinosaurs portal List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations Fort Union Formation Raynolds, R.G. 2002. Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphy...

Word Count : 1016

Livingston Formation

Last Update:

formation. There are four units of the Livingston Group (from oldest to youngest): Cokedale Formation, Miner Creek Formation, Billman Creek Formation...

Word Count : 152

2014 in paleobotany

Last Update:

1086/676306. S2CID 85109041. Daniel J. Peppe; Leo J. Hickey (2014). "Fort Union Formation Fossil Leaves (Paleocene, Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA) Indicate...

Word Count : 4397

Wiota Gravels

Last Update:

The Wiota Gravels is a geologic formation in Montana. It preserves fossils dating to the Pleistocene . Earth sciences portal Paleontology portal List...

Word Count : 47

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net