Women's History Month

By: D. R. Currey, G. Atwood, and D. R. Mabey Great Salt Lake has intrigued and challenged the explorers, tourists, petroleum geologists, mineral extractors, brine-shrimp harvesters, transportation engineers, health professionals, wildlife biologists, meteorologists, climatologists, hydrologists, geologists, urban planners, and government...

By: Robert F. Biek, Peter D. Rowley, John J. Anderson, Florian Maldonado, David W. Moore, David B. Hacker, Jeffrey G. Eaton, Richard Hereford, Edward G. Sable, Harry F. Filkorn, and Basia MatyjasikThe Panguitch 30'x60' quadrangle spans the southernmost High Plateaus...

by Stephanie E. Mills and Andrew Rupke

By: Andrew Rupke, Stephanie E. Mills, Michael D. Vanden Berg, and Taylor Boden This report summarizes the 2020 mineral resource production statistics and values for Utah. It covers non-fuel mineral resources including base and precious metals, industrial minerals, as well as...

by Christa Sadler Southern Utah’s Grand Staircase region is one of the best places in the world to study the period near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs—a time called the Late Cretaceous. In a relatively short period (geologically...

By: Christa Sadler Spanning the Four Corners area of the American Southwest, the Colorado Plateau is a remarkable landscape of impressive peaks, high plateaus, and deeply carved canyons. Locked in its colorful rock layers are the fossil remains of organisms...

By: Stephanie E. Mills, Andrew Rupke, Michael D. Vanden Berg, and Taylor Boden This report summarizes the 2021 mineral resource production statistics and values for Utah. It covers non-fuel mineral resources including base and precious metals, industrial minerals, as well...

By: Grant C. Willis and Janice M. HaydenThe Santa Clara 7.5' quadrangle is in the northwestern part of the St. George basin in southwestern Utah, and includes Santa Clara and Ivins Cities, and colorful Red Mountain and Snow Canyon State...

By: by J. Lucy Jordan, Stanley D. Smith, Paul C. Inkenbrandt, Mike Lowe, Christian L. Hardwick, Janae Wallace, Stefan M. Kirby, Jon K. King, and Ethan E. Payne This comprehensive study of the quantity and quality of Ogden ValleyÕs groundwater...

Edited By: Michael D. Vanden Berg, Robert Ressetar, and Lauren P. BirgenheierThis CD includes Stratigraphy, Hydrogeology, Economic Geology, Deformation in the Green River Formation, and Paleontology.Other Information: Utah Geological AssociationPublished: 2015Pages: N/ALocation: Utah STRATIGRAPHY STRATIGRAPHY, CORRELATION, AND AGE OF THE...

by Stephanie E. Mills, Andrew Rupke, Michael D. Vanden Berg, and Taylor Boden Summary This report summarizes 2019 energy and mineral resource production statistics and values for Utah. Discussions cover energy resources including oil, natural gas, coal, and uranium, and nonfuel...

By:  Janice M. Hayden and Grant C. Willis In 2021, through U.S. Geological Survey cooperative agreement G20AC00389 (2020) funding, the UGS compiled geologic map 251DM (2011), into a new GIS database and Geologic Map Schema (GeMS). During this project, the...

A celebration of athleticism, wisdom, and skill—Women Who Hike profiles over twenty of America’s most inspiring women adventurers ranging from legends to the rising stars of today. The book is both inspirational and aspirational as each adventurer tells her story...

Representing lawmakers and lawbreakers, artists and adventurers or scholars and activists, the women of Utah defied stereotypes. At the crossroads of the West, they found new challenges and opportunities to forge their own paths. Emma Dean explored the Rocky Mountains...

A celebration of feminine beauty, athleticism, wisdom, and skill—Women Who Dare profiles twenty of America’s most inspiring women climbers ranging from legends like Lynn Hill to the rising stars of today. The book is both inspirational and aspirational — as each climber tells her story in...

By: Greg N. McDonald, Emily J. Kleber, Adam I. Hiscock, Scott E.K. Bennett, and Steve D. Bowman The Wasatch fault zone (WFZ) extends 220 miles from southeastern Idaho to central Utah. The WFZ central five segments coincide with the densely...

By: Stephanie E. Mills, Andrew Rupke, Michael D. Vanden Berg, and Taylor BodenThis report summarizes 2018 energy and mineral resource production statistics and values for Utah. Discussions cover energy resources including oil, natural gas, coal, and uranium, and nonfuel mineral...

By: Stefan M. Kirby, J. Lucy Jordan, Janae Wallace, Nathan Payne, and Christian Hardwick Goshen Valley contains extensive areas of agriculture, significant wetlands, and several small municipalities, all of which rely on both groundwater and surface water. The objective of this...

Perhaps no other area of Utah reflects the state's expansive diversity as clearly as the Wasatch Front. Utah Reflections: Stories from the Wasatch Front" captures the heritage and identity of this self-defining part of the state. These personal stories are...

Edited by Christa Sadler This often hilarious, occasionally bittersweet and always entertaining collection of stories and artwork was first published in 1994. The new and expanded edition maintains the integrity of the first edition, and adds several new stories and...

By: Janae Wallace, Trevor H. Schlossnagle, Hugh Hurlow, Nathan Payne, and Christian Hardwick Groundwater resources development and the threat of future drought in Garfield County, southwestern Utah, prompted a study of groundwater quality and quantity in the environs of Bryce...

By: Paul Inkenbrandt, Janae Wallace, and Melissa Hendrickson Ashley Spring is an important water supply for most of the residents in the Vernal area of Uintah County, Utah. The Geological Survey conducted a study to determine the baseline flow paths...

by Stephanie E. Mills and Bear Jordan Utah is an important contributor to the domestic uranium and vanadium markets with the only operating conventional uranium-vanadium mill in the country, multiple uranium-vanadium mines on standby, and active uranium-vanadium exploration. This report...

By: Robert F. Biek and Janice M. HaydenThe Kanarraville quadrangle includes the southern part of Cedar Valley and parts of the adjacent Kolob Terrace, Harmony Mountains, and North Hills. It straddles a particularly instructive area of structural overlap between the...