Wonders of Utah Geology
Title | Wonders of Utah Geology PDF eBook |
Author | University of Utah |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | Geology |
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Geological Wonders of Utah
Title | Geological Wonders of Utah PDF eBook |
Author | Writers' Program (Utah) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 1942 |
Genre | Geology |
ISBN |
Guidebook to the Geology of Utah
Title | Guidebook to the Geology of Utah PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 1946 |
Genre | Geology |
ISBN |
The Geology of Kane County, Utah
Title | The Geology of Kane County, Utah PDF eBook |
Author | Hellmut H. Doelling |
Publisher | Utah Geological Survey |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 1989-01-25 |
Genre | Faults (Geology) |
ISBN | 155791091X |
Kane County, with its 4105 square miles, lies along the south-central margin of Utah and is found in the western part of the Colorado Plateaus physiographic province. It is famous for scenic beauty displayed in its colorful rock formations and other geologic features such as faults, folds, arches, monoclines, joints, cross beds, cliffs, lava fields, and canyons. Kane County contains parts of Bryce and Zion National Parks, the Glen Canyon Recreation Area, and it is home to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes and Kodachrome Basin State Parks. The county area has had an interesting geologic history and important fossil finds have added much to our knowledge of world geology. The total value of the mineral production of Kane County, Utah through 1985 is estimated at $21,854,000, of which more than 95 percent is attributed to construction materials, mined or quarried to build and maintain highways. Sand and gravel, crushed stone, coal, gemstones, pumice and volcanic ash, manganese ore, gold, uranium, silver, copper and lead were or have been produced, with the most important current commodities being construction and gem materials. The annual rate of production of these items is erratic, but the value averages a few hundred thousand dollars annually. The production of the construction materials is dependent on the schedules of the Utah Department of Transportation and other road building agencies. Gem materials are mined intermittently to supply the tourist trade. Currently, there are no large, regularly producing mining operations in the county. Other mineral deposits reported in Kane County include titanium and zirconium, gypsum and anhydrite, limestone and dolomite, clay, and vanadium. About 29 tests for petroleum have thus far been drilled without significant success. However, many had interesting shows of oil and gas and the potential for discovery remains high. 192 pages + 10 plates
Geology of Utah
Title | Geology of Utah PDF eBook |
Author | William Lee Stokes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Geology |
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Intelligence Tours Through Utah's Geological Wonders
Title | Intelligence Tours Through Utah's Geological Wonders PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick James Pack |
Publisher | |
Pages | 47 |
Release | 1927 |
Genre | Geology |
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Roadside Geology of Utah
Title | Roadside Geology of Utah PDF eBook |
Author | Halka Chronic |
Publisher | |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN |
No one can ignore the colorful rocks of Utah: the Vermilion Cliffs of Wingate sandstone, the snow white and salmon pink bluffs of Navajo sandstone, or the yellow and pink rhyolite of Big Rock Candy Mountain. Roadside Geology of Utah is a riveting account