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Formation Codes and Tops Abbreviations

Formation Designator
(used in well number)

Formation Name

Formation Code
(used in top picks)

S
S
S
St
St
St
St
Sh
Sh
Sh
F
A
T
M
D
L
J
CM
Tp
Tp
Tp
Tp
Tp
Tp
Tp
Tp
Tp
Tp
Tp
Tp
Tp
Tp
W
-

Sussex and Sussex Base


Shannon Upper
Shannon Lower
Shannon Base
Steele Shale Brittle
Steele Shale Fishtooth
Steele Shale Grey Dust
Steele Shale Ardmore
Niobrara Shale
Niobrara White Specks
Niobrara Smokey Gap
Carlisle Shale
Frontier 1st Wall Creek
Frontier 2nd Wall Creek
Frontier 3rd Wall Creek
Mowry Shale
Muddy Formation
Thermopolis Shale
Dakota Sandstone
Lakota Sandstone
Morrison Formation
Upper Sundance Formation
Stockade Beaver Shale
Canyon Springs Sandstone
Lower Sundance Formation
Gypsum Spring Formation
Crow Mountain Formation
Alcove Limestone
Red Peak Formation
Goose Egg Formation
Ervay Evaporite
Forelle Limestone
Glendo Shale
Minnekahta Limestone
Opeche Shale
Tensleep A Sandstone
Tensleep B Dolomite
Tensleep B Sandstone
Tensleep C1 Dolomite
Tensleep C1 Sandstone
Tensleep C2 Dolomite
Tensleep C2 Sandstone
Tensleep C3 Dolomite
Tensleep C3 Sandstone
Tensleep C4 Dolomite
Tensleep C4 Sandstone
Tensleep D Dolomite
Tensleep D Sandstone
Tensleep E Dolomite
Amsden Formation
Madison Limestone
Pre-Cambrian Basement Granite

SSXS, SSXbase
SHNNu
SHNNl,
SHNNbs
StBR
StFT
StGD
StAM
NBRR
NBRRws
NBRRsg
CRLL
F1WC
F2WC
F3WC
MWRY
MDDY
THRM
DKOT
LKOT
MRNS
SNDCu
STBV
CNSP
SNDCl
GPSP
CRMT
ALCV
RDPK
GSEG
ERVY
FRLL
GLND
MNKT
OPCH
A Sand
B Dolo
B Sand
C1 Dolo
C1 Sand
C2 Dolo
C2 Sand
C3 Dolo
C3 Sand
C4 Dolo
C4 Sand
D Dolo
D Sand
E Dolo
AMSD
MDSN
PC

Seismic Horizons

KF2

FallRiver
Lakota/Morrison

CrowMountain
RedPeak

Tensleep
TensleepBbase

Basement

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