Shinarump Member

E757094

Shinarump Member is a prominent sandstone-dominated stratigraphic unit of Late Triassic age in the southwestern United States, known for its fluvial deposits and uranium-bearing horizons.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shinarump Member canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic member ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ
ageRange Carnian ⓘ
associatedWith Colorado Plateau uranium province ⓘ
linked to: Colorado Plateau
color light brown ⓘ
yellowish brown ⓘ
contains carbonaceous material ⓘ
copper ore ⓘ
fossil wood ⓘ
silicified wood ⓘ
uranium ore ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment braided-stream ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
diagenesis cemented by calcite ⓘ
cemented by iron oxides ⓘ
cemented by silica ⓘ
economicImportance copper mining ⓘ
uranium mining ⓘ
exposedIn Arizona ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
geologicAge Late Triassic ⓘ
geologicPeriod Triassic ⓘ
knownFor prominent sandstone-dominated cliff-former ⓘ
uranium-bearing horizons ⓘ
lithology conglomeratic sandstone ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
namedAfter Shinarump Cliffs ⓘ
overlies Kaibab Formation ⓘ
linked to: Kaibab Limestone

Moenkopi Formation ⓘ
partOf Chinle Formation ⓘ
porosity locally high ⓘ
primarySedimentaryStructures channel-fill geometry ⓘ
cross-bedding ⓘ
region southwestern United States ⓘ
stratigraphicPosition basal member of the Chinle Formation in many areas ⓘ
tectonicSetting Colorado Plateau ⓘ
thickness highly variable ⓘ
typeLocality Shinarump Cliffs, Utah ⓘ
linked to: Shinarump Cliffs
underlies Monitor Butte Member ⓘ
Moss Back Member ⓘ
Petrified Forest Member ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinle Formation → hasMember → Shinarump Member ⓘ
Monitor Butte Member → overlies → Shinarump Member ⓘ