Pg. 46-51. Moody Canyon Member of Moenkopi Formation. Chiefly intercalated siltstone and mudstone. Includes beds of gypsum and dolomite in upper part, and a massive cliff-forming sandstone called Steer Mesa facies. Thickness about 110 to 425 feet; is 276+ feet at type. Overlies Torrey Member (new) of Moenkopi; contact placed at highest ledgy sandstone. Unconformably underlies Chinle Formation (Shinarump Member in northeast and southeast Circle Cliffs). No fossils. Age is considered Early Triassic although upper part may be Middle Triassic.
Type section: Moody Canyon, along southwest side of Circle Cliffs, about 1 mi north of where Moody Creek enters the canyon, in T. 34 S., R. 7 E., Garfield Co., UT.
[Type section: measured along an east-west line exactly 2.16 mi (3.5 km) due south of the 5728 BM on Horse Pasture Mesa, Circle Cliffs, Garfield Co., Utah. The section continues up prominent rounded point to west of road (Ron Blakey, personal commun., June 9, 2000, via Thomas J. Messenger, NSSC).]

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