Dec 30, 2019 · The geologic story of Crystal Peak starts with the erosion of Paleozoic-age sedimentary rock layers called the Pogonip Group. The formations in the Pogonip Group consist of limestone, sandstone, shale, and dolomite.

View to the east of Crystal Peak. The glowing quality of the peak is due to the high concentration of quartz crystals in the Tunnel Spring Tuff. The peak is more resistant to erosion than the surrounding areas making it prominent.

Sep 5, 2013 · 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.

Utah is teeming with fascinating, world-famous geologic sites and views, many of which are highlighted in national parks and monuments. Since so many of these are geologic superstars, some of the lesser-known places get overlooked.

Geosights: Cannonball Concretions in a Treeless “Buried Forest,” Carbon County, Utah; GeoSights: Crystal Peak, Millard County, Utah; GeoSights: Handprints in the Entrada Sandstone at Kodachrome Basin State Park, Kane County; GeoSights: Hole-in-the-Ground, Snake Valley, Millard County, Utah

Two examples of Utah’s stratovolcanoes are Mount Belknap in the Tushar Mountains and Monroe Peak on the Sevier Plateau. Because these volcanoes are old and have been extensively eroded, it is difficult to distinguish the original volcano shapes.

Dec 30, 2019 · To date, Covenant is the only field in Utah that produces from the Temple Cap Formation. Both the Navajo Sandstone and White Throne Member of the Temple Cap Formation have excellent reservoir properties (porosity and permeability) in the field that result in high oil storage and flow capacity.

Simplified geologic maps of many of Utah’s favorite parks and recreation areas. These maps provide a good overview of the geology of a region, but necessarily simplify or omit many fine details. Download PDF

Jan 1, 2019 · In Utah, ice caves are well developed in limestone caves and sinks in the Bear River Range, Uinta Mountains, and other areas such as talus slopes and lava flows. American explorer Edwin Swift Balch (1856–1927) attributed much of the cause of ice caves to The Winter’s Cold Theory, the idea that the cold of the winter perpetuates through the ...

Utah Geological Survey and New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory, 2009, 40Ar/39Ar geochronology results for the Blind Lake, Deer Creek Lake, Flat Top, Henrie Knolls, Tabbys Peak, Tabbys Peak SW, Wig Mountain, and Wig Mountain NE quadrangles, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Open-File Report 547, variously paginated, also available online,