Burro Canyon Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Formation |
Underlies | Dakota Formation |
Overlies | Morrison Formation |
Thickness | 0–55 metres (0–180 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomeratic sandstone |
Other | Mudstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 38°02′51″N 108°52′42″W / 38.047530°N 108.8782°W |
Region | Colorado, New Mexico, Utah |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Burro Canyon, San Miguel County, Colorado |
Named by | W.L. Stokes and D.A. Phoenix |
Year defined | 1948 |
The Burro Canyon Formation is an Early Cretaceous Period sedimentary geologic formation, found in western Colorado, the Chama Basin and eastern San Juan Basin of northern New Mexico, and in eastern Utah, US.[1]