HORSESHOE FORMATION

Composed in the lower part of sandstones and fossils such as Lisonia riveroi, in
the middle part it is composed of stratified black shales and in the upper part it
contains black limestones.

 IN THE FIGURE THE

PRESENCE OF DARK
SHALE IS OBSERVED
BECAUSE IT CONTAINS
ORGANIC MATTER.
 ESTATIGRAFIA

MEMBER THE VIRGIN.

You can see carbonate nodules, intercalations between
shales (claystones) and limonites; and also the quartz
sandstones from the Salto del Fraile formation.
 HORSESHOE MEMBER.
This Zone is constituted by white to gray quartz
sandstones, then in the half part finely stratified black
shades of gray to black, finishing the sequence with a
stratum of black limestone of five meters.
IN THE IMAGE , A DIKE CUT BY
A FAULT IS OBSERVED.

HERE IS THE
PRESENCE OF SILL,
WHICH IS AN IGNEOUS
ROCK THAT CUTS
PARALLEL TO THE
STRATA.
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
The horseshoe formation is on the friar's jump formation. We also observed a
reddish layer called a guide that served to distinguish geological structures.
In the route we observe stratification faults parallel to the strata provided by a
dam made up of andesite.
We also observed a horst or tectonic pillar that is a central block raised with
respect to the lateral ones.

THE ANTICLINAL IS OBSERVED

IN THE IMAGE WHICH IS A
DEFORMATION PRODUCT OF
TECTONIC EFFORTS.
FINALLY A GREAT
POWER FAILURE OF 2
METERS OF RED COLOR
WAS OBSERVED BY
LIMESTONE
OXIDATION.

A TABULAR DIQUE
CONTAINING
ANDESITA, CALCITA
AND OXIDES WAS
OBSERVED IN THE
STUDY ZONE.
The zone of study which includes the formation of the friar's jump and the
formation of the horseshoe. It was possible to find the three large groups of
rocks (igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks)

The horseshoe formation is composed of shales, limestone and sandstone,

presented as a whole a dark color (chocolate). The limestones are interspersed
with sandstone.

 ROCA IGNEA: ANDESITE

(VOLCANIC).
 SEDIMENTARY ROCKS: SHALE
AND SANDSTONE (BOTH
CLASTICA).

 METAMORPHIC ROCKS:
QUARTZITE (NOT FOLIATED).
CONCLUSIONS

 It was possible to observe the physical and spatial characteristics of

the predominant rocks and study their formation processes.

 It was possible to idealize the transformations of the Earth through

the analysis of rocks.

 Knowledge was obtained about geology that influence the

vulnerability of society to natural phenomena.