Isis Temple and .22Cheops Pyramid.22 Grand Canyon Supergroup



basalt dike in orange-red hakatai shale along colorado river @ hance rapid, river mile 76.5, grand canyon.



isis temple , cheops pyramid on fault-block (horst), sitting on island of shinumo quartzite, unit 3 of unkar group. bottom 3 units of unkar above granite gorge, , vishnu basement rocks. (3.5-mi 2.0-mi block)



at apollo temple landform, cambrian tapeats sandstone lies above angular great unconformity strata of 3)-chuar group, striped 2)-nankoweap formation, dark 1-5)-cardenas basalt , red 1-4)-dox formation below.

(the lower stratas dipping right (east), total regional-dip northeast.)


the isis temple , cheops pyramid formation part of shinumo quartzite island, , made of bottom 3 unkar group members (containing unkar units 1–3, see above). overlain @ great unconformity, onto tapeats sandstone (named bottom unit of marine transgression series consisting of sandstone–(conglomerates)–shale–limestone laid down tapeats sea), , evident along colorado river on tonto platform. 3 units of tonto group 3-muav limestone, upon 2-bright angle shale, upon 1-tapeats sandstone. tapeats thin cliff-former unit found along granite gorge , side canyons; forming flat surface in locales not dramatically affected faulting, up-warping (domes), or down-warping.


the isis temple cheops pyramid formation contains bottom 3 members, virtual quartzite mountain island in tapeats sea. (tapeats sandstone deposited around shinumo quartzite monadnocks.) formation fault-block section, located @ north of granite gorge, , intersection of phantom creek bright angel canyon (which intersection of bright angel , grandview–phantom faults). dimensions of block approximately 3.5-mi 2.0-mi, slopes of multi-colored hakatai shale , bass formation (shown reddish, yellowish, , lavender).








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