Cutler Formation

Cutler Formation
Stratigraphic range:
Cutler Formation near the type locality, Portland, Ouray County, Colorado
Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	De Chelly Sandstone, White Rim Sandstone, Organ Rock Shale, Cedar Mesa Sandstone, Elephant Canyon Formation, Halgaito Shale
Underlies	Chinle Formation Moenkopi Formation
Overlies	Hermosa Group
Thickness	over 1,000 feet (300 m)
Lithology
Primary	Iron-rich arkose sandstone
Location
Coordinates	38.096°N 107.702°W / 38.096; -107.702
Approximate paleocoordinates	0.7°N 36.1°W / 0.7; -36.1
Region	Colorado Plateau
Country	United States
Extent	Arizona Colorado New Mexico Utah
Type section
Named for	Cutler Creek, north of Ouray, Co
Named by	Cross & Howe
Year defined	1905
Cutler Formation (the United States) Cutler Formation (Colorado)

The Cutler Formation or Cutler Group is a stratigraphic unit exposed across the U.S. states of Arizona, northwest New Mexico, southeast Utah and southwest Colorado. It was laid down in the Early Permian during the Wolfcampian epoch.