Tag Archive for: Stansbury Mountains

Horseshoe Springs, Skull Valley, Tooele County
Photo by Jim Davis.

Warm, brackish groundwater issues from the Skull Valley faults at the western foot of the Stansbury Mountains to produce Horseshoe Springs—two springs that join to create a horseshoe shape.

Horseshoe Springs, Skull Valley, Tooele County Photo by Jim Davis. Warm, brackish groundwater issues from the Skull Valley faults at the western foot of the Stansbury Mountains to produce Horseshoe Springs—two springs that join to create a horseshoe shape.

Alpenglow illuminates the glacially sculpted Stansbury Mountains as seen from the shores of Great Salt Lake. Deseret Peak (11,031 feet), the leftmost high summit, is the range’s highest peak and is underlain by Cambrian-age Prospect Mountain Quartzite. Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah. Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2015

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POTD 9-25-15 Stansbury Mountains Tooele County

Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2015

Alpenglow illuminates the glacially sculpted Stansbury Mountains as seen from the shores of Great Salt Lake. Deseret Peak (11,031 feet), the leftmost high summit, is the range’s highest peak and is underlain by Cambrian-age Prospect Mountain Quartzite.

Deseret Peak Wilderness Area, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen

Deseret Peak, the highest point (11,031 feet) in the Stansbury Mountains, towers over wildflower-covered slopes in upper South Willow Canyon. Deseret Peak is composed of Cambrian-age Tintic Quartzite sculpted by glacial ice during the last Ice Age.