Fruitland Formation the Colorado-New Mexico state line, and is one of the most productive areas for coalbed methane in the United States. The Fruitland is underlain by the Pictured Cliffs Sandstone, and overlain by the more recent Kirtland Formation. The sequence of rocks represents the final filling of the Cretaceous seaway. The underlying Pictured Cliffs is a marginal marine sandstone, deposited in an environment similar to offshore barrier islands of the southeast United States. As the seaway retreated, the Pictured Cliffs was covered by the Fruitland Formation, which was deposited in near-shore swampy lowlands. The formation is dated to the late Campanian
Organ Rock Formation by the Triassic Moenkopi or Chinle Formations by an erosional contact. Toward its eastern extent, the Organ Rock Formation grades into the Cutler Formation, undivided. This transition occurs to the southwest of Moab, UT. The age of the Organ Rock Formation is unconfirmed. The preceding Cedar Mesa Sandstone is dated to the Wolfcampian (ICS stage: Artinskian). The anteceding De Chelly and White Rim Sandstones are dated to the Leonardian (ICS stage: Kungurian). These formations constrain the age of the Organ Rock Formation to the latter part of the Cisuralian Epoch, approximately 290.1 to 272.3 Ma. The Organ Rock Formation may