POTD September 16, 2013: Granite Peak, Beaver County, Utah

Granite Peak, Beaver County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen

Spectacular granite crags loom high above Ranch Canyon in the Mineral Mountains. An immense aggregation of smaller intrusions, the 18 million year- old  (Miocene-aged) Mineral Mountains batholith (large body of intrusive igneous rock) is the largest exposed batholith in Utah.

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