Utahns can once again bring the natural wonders of the state to their walls and desks. The new calendar from the Utah Geological Survey goes on sale Monday.
Utah Geological Survey started publishing the calendar eight years ago.
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Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County, Utah
Photographer: Mike Hylland
Ice Age (late Pleistocene) glaciers carved a classic U-shaped valley into granitic rock of the Oligocene-aged Little Cottonwood stock at Little Cottonwood Canyon. Across Salt Lake Valley, the Oquirrh Mountains are home to the Bingham Canyon mine, the largest open-pit copper mine in North America.
Spiral Jetty in Great Salt Lake near Promontory Point, Box Elder County, Utah
Photographer: Don Clark
Great Salt Lake is likely best known for its high salinity and large size. Yet this unique lake also supports mineral and brine-shrimp industries, provides a resting place for millions of migratory birds, and reveals varied spectacular sights. Sunsets over distant islands, white beaches, and water colors ranging from blue to pink offer inspiration for artists.
Boulders of basalt, now salt-encrusted, were moved from shore by artist Robert Smithson to create Spiral Jetty in Great Salt Lake near Promontory Point, Box Elder County.
Mapped by
Tyler R. Knudsen, Robert F. Biek, and Janice M. Hayden
Utah Geological Survey
A STATEMAP project supported by the Utah Geological Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
The purpose of the review is to give the public and local government officials an opportunity to learn about new geologic research in their district, and to give geologists and others an opportunity to critique the maps before they are published.
Highlights
- Geologic hazards, including landslides, collapsible soils, earth fissures, and earthquake faults
- Geology of lower Cedar Canyon
- Kanarra anticline and Hurricane Cliffs
- North Hills – sub-Claron unconformity and megaboulder deposits
- Eightmile Hills and eastern Harmony Mountains – ash-flow tuffs and gravity slides
- Granite Mountain and Three Peaks laccoliths
- Iron Springs thrust fault
- Iron mines
Information
- Assemble at the Utah Geological Survey parking lot, 88 Fiddler Canyon Road, in Cedar City at 7:15 a.m.; depart at 7:30 a.m. sharp.
- Anyone is invited – please circulate this notice among your colleagues.
- There is no charge, but for planning purposes, we ask that you RSVP to the Utah Geological Survey (email: starrsoliz@utah.gov; or call 801-537-3300).
- A few short but strenuous hikes are planned.
- A high-clearance vehicle is required; we may have some spaces in UGS vehicles within the field area (not to or from Salt Lake City) – please contact us if you would like a ride.
- Please bring a sack lunch, water, boots, hat, and field clothes.
- If severe weather threatens, please call the UGS office on day before to see if canceled.
Questions? Contact Tyler Knudsen (435-865-9036, tylerknudsen@utah.gov) or Bob Biek (801-537-3356, bobbiek@utah.gov).
Mapped by
Hellmut H. Doelling1 and Paul A. Kuehne 2
1 Utah Geological Survey, retired
2 Utah Geological Survey, Mapping Program
A STATEMAP project supported by the Utah Geological Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Trip highlights:
- examination and discussion of the northern portion of the Marysvale volcanic pile
- newly mapped Oligocene volcanic intrusions
- discussion of the contested Sanpete-Sevier Valley anticline and associated structures including the surface structure over the Covenant oil field
- contorted Middle Jurassic Arapien and Twist Gulch Formations
- Paleogene sedimentary strata including the Flagstaff, Colton, Green River, Crazy Hollow, Aurora and Dipping Vat Formations
- Silicified beds of the Crazy Hollow Formation?
The purpose of the review is to give the public and local government officials an opportunity to learn about new geologic research in their district, and to give geologists and others an opportunity to critique the map before it is published.
Information
- Assemble Tuesday October 1st at 7:30 a.m. 2 miles north of Sigurd in the parking lot of the Cedar Ridge Station near the junction of Utah 24 and Utah 118. To get there from Salina go 7 miles west on I-70 to exit 48 then head south and follow the sign to Capitol Reef.
- Anyone is invited – please circulate this notice among your colleagues.
- There is no charge, but for planning purposes, we ask that you RSVP to the Utah Geological Survey (email: starrsoliz@utah.gov; or call 801-537-3300).
- A few short but strenuous hikes are planned.
- A high-clearance 4WD vehicle is required; a limited number of spaces may be available in UGS vehicles within the fieldtrip area (not to or from Salt Lake City)
- Please bring a sack lunch, water, boots, hat, and field clothes.
- If severe weather threatens, please call the UGS office on day before to see if canceled.
- This field review is in conjunction with the review of Cedar City geologic mapping on October 2 (see other notice or contact the Utah Geological Survey for more information).
Questions?
Contact Paul Kuehne at the Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100; Telephone (801) 537-3300, Fax (801) 537-3400, email paulkuehne@utah.gov.
Great Salt Lake, Utah
Photographer: Carole McCalla
Great Salt Lake is likely best known for its high salinity and large size. Yet this unique lake also supports mineral and brine-shrimp industries, provides a resting place for millions of migratory birds, and reveals varied spectacular sights. Sunsets over distant islands, white beaches, and water colors ranging from blue to pink offer inspiration for artists.
White foam, caused by wave action from windstorms, occasionally piles up along the shores of Great Salt Lake.
Great Salt Lake, Davis County, Utah
Photographer: Carole McCalla
Antelope Island, approximately ten miles long and four miles wide, is the largest island in Great Salt Lake. The island, which becomes a peninsula when lake levels are low, has easily accessible outcrops of some of the oldest (Precambrian-aged) rocks in Utah. It is also home to a variety of wildlife including pronghorn, bison, bighorn sheep, and millions of waterfowl.
Crystal Peak, Millard County, Utah
Photographer: Matt Affolter
Certain rock types weather into curious shapes and patterns by combinations of internal factors such as fractures and sediment grain size and external factors such as frost action and salt crystallization. Sandstone, granite, volcanic rocks, and limestone are all excellent mediums for creating bizarre rockscapes that can include smooth, rounded, and undulating forms (hoodoos or “goblins”), pinnacles, tafoni (holes and small alcoves), and honeycomb structures.
The Tunnel Spring Tuff exhibits remarkable tafoni (alcoves and pitting) covering the steep slope of Crystal Peak.
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Leslee Maki says she can’t believe what happened to her property after a storm moved into the area Monday night and a debris flow shut down part of U.S. 6.
“We still don’t know where everything is,” Maki said. “Forty-five minutes is all it took.”
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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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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