Wescogame Formation
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The Late Pennsylvanian Wescogame Formation is a slope-forming, sandstone, red-orange geologic unit, formed from an addition of eolian sand, added to marine transgression deposits, and found throughout
representative Supai Group 'redbeds' (ridgeline extending north from South Rim, Grand Canyon)
Wescogame Formation slopes directly below upper-vertical-cliff of Esplanade Sandstone-(below Hermit Formation and white Coconino Sandstone prominence). Isis Temple, with complete Supai Group for Grand Canyon; (Pakoon Limestone miles westward in Grand Canyon, and Nevada)
Close-up of 'redbeds'
Esplanade Sandstone
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The Lower Permian Esplanade Sandstone is a cliff-forming, resistant sandstone, dark red, geologic unit found in the Grand Canyon. The rock unit forms a resistant shelf in the west Grand Canyon, south
Wescogame Formation
…Pennsylvanian-Early Permian geologic sequence of the Supai Group common in the Grand Canyon: The Pennsylvanian is the Late Carboniferous. Supai Group 4 – Esplanade Sandstone-(Early Permian) 3B – (Pakoon Limestone at west Grand Canyon & Nevada) 3 – Wescogame Formation-(Late Pennsylvanian) 2 – Manakacha Formation 1 – Watahomigi…
Aerial view – WNW of The Esplanade (Grand Canyon), south bank of Colorado River, with Toroweap Fault–(Prospect Canyon) as west border Uinkaret volcanic field at NW; Lava Falls below in Colorado River