Green River, San Rafael Desert, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Tom Chidsey An ancient, meandering river channel composed of resistant sandstone in the Cedar Mountain Formation now stands 100 feet higher than the surrounding, less resistant siltstone and shale landscape southwest of Green River, San Rafael Desert, Emery County.
White River, southeastern Uintah County, Utah Photographer: Robert Ressetar The White River carved this amphitheater in the flat-lying and remarkably parallel rock layers that were deposited in a Tertiary-age lake on the south flank of the Uinta Mountains.
Wah Wah Mountains, Millard County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen Nearly 1,000 feet of the Tunnel Spring Tuff, erupted from a nearby caldera about 35 million years ago, makes up Crystal Peak in the Wah Wah Mountains, Millard County.
Happy New Year, everyone!! Here’s a beautiful photo to start out the new year. House Range, Millard County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen Sawtooth Mountain, which exhibits desert varnish and spheroidal weathering along joints, is a granitic intrusion in the House Range, Millard County.
Here is a gorgeous photo to the end of another great year. We wish all of our geo friends a safe and wonderful New Year. See you in 2014! Henry Mountains, Garfield County, Utah Photographer: Ken Krahulec The “dome” character of a laccolith, where the sedimentary rock layers are tilted upward on the mountain flanks, […]
La Sal Mountains, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah Photographer: Jay Hill The La Sal Mountains, near Moab in southeastern Utah, are laccoliths formed when upwelling magma intruded into and bulged the overlying sedimentary rock layers upward. The magma did not reach the surface, but subsequent erosion of the softer sedimentary rocks exposed the peak-forming […]
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah Photographer: Rich Emerson Cottonwood trees in a slot canyon, Rattle-snake Bench, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County.
The Narrows, Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen Small waterfall framed by the constricting walls of Navajo Sandstone in The Narrows, Zion National Park, Washington County.
From everyone at the Utah Geological Survey, we hope you have a Merry Christmas that rocks! Paria Canyon–Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area, Kane County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen Morning sunlight illuminates water-sculpted walls of the Buckskin Gulch slot canyon. Cut deeply into Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone, the Buckskin’s slot ranges from 5 to 25 feet wide and […]
We send all of our geo friends good tidings on this Christmas Eve! Bear Lake, Rich County, Utah Photographer: Jim Davis Jurassic-age Nugget Sandstone is wave-weathered into smooth, rounded forms on the east shore of Bear Lake, Rich County.
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.
1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
801-537-3300 (phone)
801-537-3400 (fax)
Mailing Address:
PO BOX 146100
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114
Monday through Friday,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
