General Geology

A Waterproof Fold-out Guide to Gems, Minerals, and Crystals Quick Identification and Unusual Characteristics Appearance and Crystal Shape Color and Hardness A colorful quick identification guide to rocks and minerals in the region. Identification of rocks and minerals is based...

By: R. F. Biek The first thing most visitors to Quail Creek State Park notice, apart from the improbably blue and refreshing waters of the reservoir itself, are the brightly colored, layered rocks of the surrounding cliffs. In fact, Quail...

By: C. M. Wilkerson A great introduction to Utah’s geologic history! This publication uses both images to demonstrate the different environments of Utah during the last 570 million years and a large table to discussion the events that occurred during...

By: J. B. Willis and G. C. Willis Did you know that hot springs near Wasatch Mountain State Park are heated by deeply buried magma? That Utah once lay far south of the Equator? That glaciers flowed down canyons in...

By: C. M. Wilkerson This twenty-two building walking tour begins at the Utah State Capitol and finishes at the Salt Lake City and County Building, seven blocks to the south. Descriptions include the geologic and/or trade name of the rocks...

This informative guide covers the five billion years of history that have given the earth its present form, including: The earth's relation to the rest of the universeThe rocks and minerals of which it is madeThe effects of glaciers, gravity,...

This self-actuating CD contains four publications as image files; three were scanned from the only available copies. Image quality is adequate for use at screen resolution. Remember that, the older they are, roadlogs may not reflected highway changes, roadcut changes,...

By: J. R. Wilson, editorThis guidebook contains articles and road logs for field trips planned in conjunction with the 1992 meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America held at Ogden, Utah. The field trip articles...

By: K. D. Gurgel, editor The papers contained in this Guidebook were solicited by the organizers of the GSA Rocky Mountain and Cordilleran Sections and have been edited and given a common format. These papers come from field trips led...

By: J. D. Keith and C. S. Kim The Tertiary rocks of the southern portion of the Eureka quadrangle were mapped in order to resolve several questions concerning the volcanic stratigraphy and location of vents, calderas, and productive intrusions in...

This new edition of Donald L. Baars's classic The Colorado Plateau incorporates new text, maps, photographs, figures, tables, and bibliography to provide the most up-to-date geology of the red rock and canyon country of the Four Corners of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico,...

By: B. D. Black, B. J. Solomon, and K. M. Harty Geologic hazards are naturally occurring geologic processes that present a risk to life and property. Tooele County is subject to many geologic hazards that need to be identified and...

By: M. H. Bugden and C. M. Wilkerson This brochure will introduce the reader to Summit County's geologic resources and their effect on our economy and daily lives. Understanding the dynamic forces that form geologic resources and the factors influencing...

By: UGS Staff One of Utah's most unusual geologic features, this staircase soars 6,000 vertical feet over a horizontal distance of 150 miles. Other Information: Published: 1999 Pages: 2 p. Location: Garfield and Kane Counties Media Type: Paper Publication

By: W. Anderson and R. L. Bruhn The Sevier geothermal anomaly of southwestern Utah encompasses a broad region of enhanced heat flow with seven known high-temperature geothermal resource areas or "KGRA". The anomaly also encompasses the transition between the Colorado...

By: H. H. Doelling and others Grand County is located in the heart of the Colorado Plateaus physiographic province, ranks 9th in land area with 3,692 square miles with a population of only 8241, 20th out of 29 Utah counties...

By: H. H. Doelling and G. C. Willis Geologic maps are the fundamental tool geologists use to convey scientific information and yet are one of the most complex and sophisticated forms of presenting data. To be useful, geologic maps and...

By: H. H. Doelling, F. D. Davis, and C. J. Brandt 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...

by James P. Robinson Summary The Gold Hill area of the northern Deep Creek Range near the Utah-Nevada border has undergone a diverse and complicated history of deposition, igneous activity, deformation, and mineralization and long attracted the attention of geologists....

by Robert F. Biek, Jeffrey G. Eaton, Peter D. Rowley, David B. Hacker, Stephen R. Mattox, Christopher Bailey, and David W. Marchetti Summary: The west half of the Loa 30'x60' quadrangle covers the Awapa Plateau and adjacent areas along the...