Comparative mineralogy of nearshore and offshore lacustrine lithofacies, Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation, Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado, and eastern Uinta Basin, Utah

Journal Article · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978 · Geol. Soc. Am., Bull.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1978)89<1441:CMONAO>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:6723408

Cole, R D ^[1]; Picard, M D

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1. Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale

A comparative study of the relative distribution of analcime, quartz, K-feldspar, Na-plagioclase, calcite, dolomite, and ankerite shows variable partitioning of these minerals between the marginal-lacustrine and open-lacustrine lithofacies of the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation in the southern and western piceance Creek Basin, Colorado, and the eastern Uinta Basin, Utah. The variations correlate with changes in the depositional environments of ancient Lake Uinta. Four individual, but gradational, environments of deposition are recognized in the Parachute Creek Member: (1) deltaic lacustrine; (2) carbonate flat; (3) proximal open lacustrine; and (4) distal open lacustrine. Rocks from these depositional facies range from sandstone and algal limestone in the first two marginal-lacustrine environments to oil shale, tuff, and saline-mineral beds in the latter two open-lacustrine environments.

• OSTI ID: 6723408
• Journal Information: Geol. Soc. Am., Bull.; (United States), Vol. 89:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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