Newcastle Sandstone

Newcastle Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
TypeFormation
Location
RegionWyoming
CountryUnited States

The Newcastle Sandstone is a geologic formation in Wyoming, United States. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Cretaceous period.

Named as a member of Draneros shale of Colorado group for the town of Newcastle, Weston Co, WY in Powder River basin, where member is conspicuously developed.

Consists of reddish to light-yellow sandstone associated with black, carbonaceous shale. About 35 ft thick in vicinity of Newcastle. A Cretaceous sequence can be formed in the northern Great Plains in Williston and Powder River basins, as well as Chadron arch.

This area is classed as a formation on the westrin rim of the black hills.

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