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  • Usage in publication:
    • Hunters Point Member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Black Mesa basin
Publication:

Pierce, W.G., 1964, Internal correlation of the Permian DeChelly Sandstone-Defiance Plateau, Arizona; contributions to the geology of northern Arizona: Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin, no. 40, p. 15-32.


Summary:

Name applied to sandstone assigned to the lower member of five members of De Chelly [sic] Sandstone. Was called lower member of De Chelly in earlier reports. Named for Hunters Point, its type section, Apache Co, Black Mesa basin. Is well exposed at Bonito Canyon (227 feet thick), Buell Park, Oak Springs Cliffs (174 feet thick), Hunters Point (238 feet thick), and in parts of Canyon de Chelly (202 feet thick). [Description of sandstone not given.] Cross-stratification, channels, and ripple marks in the sandstone suggest water origin. Gradationally overlies Supai Formation. Underlies Oak Springs Cliffs Member (new) of De Chelly. Permian age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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