Research any topic before you write.

Find related topics. | Discover entities. | See connections. | Build a topical map.

Wasatch Formation

The Wasatch Formation (Tw) is an extensive highly fossiliferous geologic formation stretching across several basins in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah and western Colorado. It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Eocene period. The formation defines the Wasatchian or Lostcabinian (55.8 to 50.3 Ma), a period of time used within the NALMA…

Economy, Description & Economic geology

Use the mouse wheel or two fingers (on touchscreens) to zoom in and out of the map.

Research this topic

Explore the main themes, entities and connections around Wasatch Formation. Start with the topic map, then use the sections below for research and deeper semantic analysis.

Explore this topic

Start with a few of the strongest sections from the source topic. These are research directions, not a list of keywords you must use.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Location
Echo Canyon, Summit County & Weber Canyon, Ogden, Utah
Approximate paleocoordinates
46°00′N 92°36′W / 46.0°N 92.6°W / 46.0; -92.6
Coordinates
40°53′N 110°58′W / 40.88°N 110.97°W / 40.88; -110.97 (Echo Canyon) 41°08′09″N 111°54′14″W / 41.13583°N 111.90389°W / 41.13583; -111.90389 (Weber Canyon)
Country
United States
Extent
Powder River, Green River, Wind River, Bighorn, Piceance & Uinta Basins
Named by
Hayden

Topics to explore

Browse the full topic structure. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Description

Paleontological significance

Economic geology

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

Map overview Semantic statistics

Wasatch Formation

Nodes449
Edges448
Triples143
Avg. degree2
Density0.004454
Components1

How this topic connects Entity context

See the strongest relationship patterns around the current topic before diving into the raw triples.

Wasatch Formation

Top relations

related to Extent · 23
Wasatch Formation → Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Fort Union, Fort Union Formation, Green River, Idaho, In Montana, Montana, Paradox Basins, Piceance, Powder River, Powder River Basin, The, The Wasatch Formation, There, Uinta, United States, Utah, Wasatch, Wasatch Formations
related to Outcrops · 20
Wasatch Formation → Area, At, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Desolation, Eroded, Flaming Gorge National Recreation, Fossil Butte, Garfield County, Gray Canyons, Green River Formation, In, Overlying, Silt Quadrangle, The, The Wasatch Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah, Williams Fork Formation, Wyoming
related to Paleontological significance · 20
Wasatch Formation → At, Celliforma, Clarkforkian, Flood, Fossil Butte National Monument, Lunulichnus, Ma, Main Body Member, Mean, NALMA, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, PETM, Planolites, Skolithos, The, The Wasatch Formation, The Wasatchian, These, Trace, Wasatchian
related to Definition · 19
Wasatch Formation → According, Colorado, Echo, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Geographical Survey, Geological, In, New Mexico, Preliminary, Shoshoni, Territories, The Wasatch Formation, United States Geological Survey, Ute, Wasatch, Wasatch Group, Wasatch Mountains, Weber Canyons, William Bright
related to Petroleum geology · 17
Wasatch Formation → As, Based, Bluebell-Altamont Field, Colorado, Greater Natural Buttes Field, In, May, Mesaverde Group, Natural Buttes, Oil, Piceance Basin, Piceance Creek Field, TCF, The, The Wasatch Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah
related to Lithologies and facies · 16
Wasatch Formation → Along, Atwell Gulch, Colorado, Fossil Basin, Fossil Butte National Monument, In, In Mesa County, Kingsbury Conglomerate Member, Molina, Moncrief Member, Powder River Basin, Shire, The, The Molina Member, These, Wyoming
related to Correlations · 7
Wasatch Formation → Flagstaff Formation, Golden Valley Formations, Sentinel Butte, The, The Wasatch Formation, Uinta Basin, Williston Basin
is a · 3
Wasatch Formation → defining formation for the Wasatchian, tight gas reservoir rock in the Greater Natural Buttes Field in the Uinta Basin of Utah and Colorado, unconventional tight gas reservoir formation in the Uinta and Piceance Basins of Utah and the coal seams of the formation are mined in Wyoming
Coordinates · 2
Wasatch Formation → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…, 40°53′N 110°58′W / 40.88°N 110.97°W / 40.88; -110.97 (Echo Canyon) 41°08′09″N 111°54′14″W / 41.13583°N 111.90389°W / 41.13583; -111.90389 (Weber Canyon)
Region · 2
Wasatch Formation → Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Utah

Important terminology Word statistics

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

sp wyoming formation wasatch cf doi indet eocene basin 10 early bibcode river colorado paleontology journal utah new fossil uinta

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Wasatch FormationApproximate paleocoordinates46°00′N 92°36′W / 46.0°N 92.6°W / 46.0; -92.61.00infobox
Wasatch FormationCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationCoordinates40°53′N 110°58′W / 40.88°N 110.97°W / 40.88; -110.97 (Echo Canyon) 41°08′09″N 111°54′14″W / 41.13583°N 111.90389°W / 41.13583; -111.90389 (Weber Canyon)1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationExtentPowder River, Green River, Wind River, Bighorn, Piceance & Uinta Basins1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationLocationEcho Canyon, Summit County & Weber Canyon, Ogden, Utah1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationNamed byHayden1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationNamed forWasatch Range1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationOtherClaystone, lignite1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationOverliesFort Union, Williams Fork, Torrejon & Evanston Formations1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationPrimaryMudstone, shale, siltstone, sandstone1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationRegionColorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationRegionUtah1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationSub-unitsSee text1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationThicknessVariable, up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft)1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationTypeFormation1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationUnderliesGreen River & Fowkes Formations, Santa Fe Group1.00infobox
Wasatch FormationYear defined18731.00infobox
Wasatch Formationis aunconventional tight gas reservoir formation in the Uinta and Piceance Basins of Utah and the coal seams of the formation are mined in Wyoming0.90text
Wasatch Formationis adefining formation for the Wasatchian0.90text
Wasatch Formationis atight gas reservoir rock in the Greater Natural Buttes Field in the Uinta Basin of Utah and Colorado0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

These clusters group vocabulary that occurs around closely connected concepts in the source material.

    Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

    Bridges can reveal useful research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list of related terms.

    Min side: 3
    For writers, content strategists, SEOs, marketers and creators — from quick topic research to advanced semantic analysis.