Snow Canyon State Park, Washington County, Utah Photographer: Ben Everitt As our follower Ben Everitt pointed out, we tend to post a lot of big scenery photos. We love getting feedback from our users, and so you may have noticed the last few days of photos have been more than our usual photos of our […]
Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen Water plunges over a dolomite ledge within the otherwise easily erodible limestone of the Eocene-age Claron Formation in Water Canyon. A canal (the “Tropic Ditch”) diverts water from the East Fork of the Sevier River seven miles across the Paunsaugunt Plateau divide to the head […]
Emery County, Utah Photographer: Taylor Boden Mine adits in uranium-bearing sandstone ledge, Emery County, Utah.
Paradox Basin, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg Crude-oil pump jack, Paradox Basin, San Juan County, Utah.
Juab County, Utah Photographer: Ken Krahulec Ore chutes, Eagle & Blue Bell silver-lead-gold mine, Juab County, Utah.
St. George basin, Washington County, Utah Photographer: Robert F. Biek Ruins of the Harrisburg town site, established by Mormon pioneers in 1861, consist of blocks of Early Jurassic-age Springdale Sandstone, which a mile to the north is the main ore-bearing horizon of the Silver Reef mining district. The mining district is famous among geologists for […]
Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah Photographer: Taylor Boden Igneous (gray) and metasedimentary (brown) rocks in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Mineral Basin, Utah County, Utah Photographer: Grant Willis Tilted Paleozoic strata in the “Bookends” area of Mineral Basin, Utah County, Utah.
Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah. Photographer: Stefan Kirby Pfiefferhorn Peak, a glacier-carved “horn” above Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah
Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County, Utah. Photographer: Stefan Kirby A winter storm clears from Superior Peak (11,132 feet) in upper Little Cottonwood Canyon southeast of Salt Lake City. Beneath its thick blanket of snow, Superior Peak is made up of tilted Precambrian-age sedimentary rocks, including the Big Cottonwood Formation and overlying Mineral Fork Tillite.
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