Mount Superior, Salt Lake County, Utah
Photographer: Mike Hylland; © 2014
Tilted and folded Precambrian-age strata on Mount Superior (11,132 feet).
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Another weekend already?? Well we’re not complaining! Who’s got plans to get out into Utah geology this weekend?
Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah
Photographer: Adam McKean
Erosion pockets in Wingate Sandstone, Cohab Canyon, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County.
Happy Friday, friends! Who’s getting out in the big Utah wild this weekend? Mystic Hot Springs is a great destination!
Travertine deposit at Mystic Hot Springs, Sevier County, Utah
Photographer: Paul Kuehne; © 2014
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014
Hematite concretions eroded from the Navajo Sandstone.
Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2014
Petroglyphs carved into desert varnish-covered sandstone near Ivins, Washington County.
What’s the best kind of pet rock? —a “gneiss” one!
Pearsons Canyon, Box Elder County, Utah
Photographer: Adam McKean; © 2014
Folded pegmatite vein in Farmington Canyon Complex gneiss, Pearsons Canyon, Box Elder County.
Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014
Petroglyphs carved into Ferron Sandstone, Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery County.
Notch Peak, Millard County, Utah
Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2014
Banded white marble and quartz augen (eyeshaped crystals) in gray argillite, Notch Peak, Millard County.
We woke up on the right side of the bedrock today!
Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2014
Mesa Arch, in the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park, formed as surface water pooled and eventually eroded through bedrock at the mesa’s edge. As the sun rises, its rays reflect off the 800-foot-high cliff of Jurassic-age sedimentary rock below the arch, bathing the bottom of the arch in an orange glow.
We had to turn our air conditioning on this weekend—it’s getting hot! Cool down with this photo while we thaw out our spectacular Utah Geology.
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah
Photographer: Sonja Heuscher; © 2014
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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.