Cretaceous Mancos Shale, Uinta Basin, Utah A research team from the Utah Geological Survey and the University of Utah presented the results of their on-going work in the Uinta Basin to members of the petroleum industry recently. Meeting in Denver on June 28, the UGS and university geologists discussed their research on the oil and […]
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Wasatch Range, Utah & Wasatch Counties, Utah Photographer: Robert F. Biek Framed by blooming gray rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) above the east shore of Deer Creek Reservoir, Mt. Timpanogos is formed of Pennsylvanian-age, shallow- marine limestone and sandstone of the Oquirrh Formation. The small patch of snow is in Cascade Cirque, one of several glacier-carved basins […]
The Department of Natural Resources, The Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, and The Lone Peak Hot Shot Crew, honor the 19 Fire Fighters of the Granite Mountain Hot Shot Crew from Arizona who gave their lives serving others.
East of the Green River, Grand County, Utah. Photographer: Don DeBlieux A summer evening arrives with the promise of cooler temperatures at the UGS paleontology camp near the Crystal Geyser Dinosaur Quarry.
Capitol Reef National Park, Garfield County, Utah Photographer: Paul Kuehne The Waterpocket Fold affords a wonderful view of the geology of Grand Gulch. The Entrada Sandstone (reddish-orange rock on the right) and Navajo Sandstone (pale-orange rock on the left and middle distance) were formed in a desert environment beginning about 185 million years ago in […]
Cookie Jar Butte,Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Kane County. Photographer: Jim Davis Cookie Jar Butte, named for the gigantic, cylindrical weathering pits that dot its peninsula, towers above Padre Bay on Lake Powell.
Dollar Lake, High Uintas Wilderness, Duchesne County, Utah Photographer: Mike Hylland To the south of Dollar Lake in the Uinta Mountains, cliffs of Precambrian-age sedimentary strata rise abruptly at the head of the Henrys Fork basin. The leftmost peak lit by the morning sun is Utah’s highest mountain, Kings Peak (13,528 feet), which was named […]
Dugway Proving Ground, Tooele County, Utah. Photographer: Don Clark Locally known as Devils Postpile, this andesite intrusion in the southern Cedar Mountains displays well developed columnar cooling joints.
The oldest and most prestigious geological society in the world, The Geological Society (of London), invited Tom Chidsey and Michael Vanden Berg to present papers at a global symposium on a newly discovered major oil potential that occurs all around the world. Microbial carbonates are a distinctive type of reservoir rock that until recently was […]
The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. Several specialized programs comprise the UGS: Data Management, Energy & Minerals, Geologic Hazards, Geologic Information & Outreach, Geologic Mapping, Groundwater & Wetlands, and Paleontology.
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