Main Body (Wasatch Formation)

This unit of the Wasatch Formation is that part of the formation which produces the

spectacular red-colored badlands in Fossil Butte National Monument. Particularly typical exposures can be seen in the south facing scarp of Fossil Butte where the ...

Wasatch Formation

The sediments that make up the Wasatch Formation in the Fossil Basin were deposited mainly by streams flowing into the basin from the surrounding uplands. Rock types are variable and for the most part individual types cannot be traced ...