Deep Cut Guide

Kayenta Fm, Wingate Sandstone, and Chinle Fm

Sandstone. Mesozoic, about 237 to 189 million years old. 2 crags on this site have their map point on it.

The map groups these named formations into this unit: Kayenta Formation, Wingate Sandstone, Chinle Formation.

What the map says

Kayenta Fm: red siltstone, shale, and sandstone. Chinle Fm: red siltstone and sandstone Lithology: siltstone, shale, sandstone.

1:500,000 sheet: Horton and others, 2017, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052 (2 crags). A contact line at that scale is about 500 m wide on the ground.

Served by Macrostrat (CC BY 4.0). The wording is the map's own, quoted as a fact about the mapped unit, not about any one wall.

Naturita and Paradox Valley

Every mapped unit with a crag on it.