List of Supai Group prominences in the Grand Canyon explained

This is a list of Supai Group prominences in the Grand Canyon. Landforms with up to 4 units of Supai Group, as prominences.

The rock unit sequences are as follows:

• Coconino Sandstone, (prominence, Permian unit)
• Hermit Shale, Permian
• Supai Group, (4 units, Pennsylvanian-Permian)
  • 4 – Esplanade Sandstone, (Permian)
    (Typically forms a resistant (& thick) cliff, thickening in Western Grand Canyon)
  • 3 – Wescogame Formation
  • 2 – Manakacha Formation, (a resistant cliff-former; can make cliffs, or cliffs, with a platform on prominence)
  • 1 – Watahomigi Formation
• (localized-Surprise Canyon Formation)
• Redwall Limestone-cliff-former (and platform-former)

Coconino Sandstone cliffs on Supai (#4)-Esplanade Sandstone platform

The cliff-former (and a platform-former) Esplanade Sandstone supports cliffs of Coconino Sandstone, the cliffs being on slope-former Hermit Shale, then the Esplanade Sandstone platform.

• Angels Gate
• Brady Peak
• Jupiter Temple

• Mount Hayden
• Siegfried Pyre
• Tritle Peak

Alphabetical listing

• Cardenas Butte
• Dana Butte
• Geikie Peak
• Scorpion Ridge

• The Howlands Butte
• Thor Temple
• Whites Butte

See also

• Geology of the Grand Canyon area

Notes and References

1. https://www.summitpost.org/cardenas-butte/948761 Closeup View of Cardenas Peak, Summitpost (type name)
2. “Geologic Map of the Grand Canyon in the Vicinity of the South Rim Visitor Center”, Kamilli, R. J., and Richard, S. M., editors, 1998. Geologic Highway Map of Arizona: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society and Arizona Geological Survey, 1 sheet containing text and figures, scale 1:1,000,000.