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Geology of the Circle Cliffs area, Garfield and Kane counties, Utah : stratigraphy, structure, and economic geology of an area at the west edge of the Colorado Plateau / by E.S. Davidson ; prepared on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Davidson, Edward Sheldon, 1926- author.
- Series:
- Geological Survey bulletin ; 1229.
- Geological Survey bulletin ; 1229
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geology--Utah--Garfield County.
- Geology.
- Geology--Utah--Kane County.
- Utah--Garfield County.
- Utah--Kane County.
- Genre:
- geological maps.
- Geological maps
- Geological maps.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 140 pages, 2 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps (some color).
- Distribution:
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office
- Other Title:
- Stratigraphy, structure, and economic geology of an area at the west edge of the Colorado Plateau
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1967.
- Summary:
- "Stratigraphy, structure, and economic geology of an area at the west edge of the Colorado Plateau."
- Contents:
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Location and extent of area
- Geography and physiography
- Previous work
- Purpose and scope
- Field methods
- Acknowledgments
- Stratigraphy
- Permian System
- Cutler Formation
- Kaibab Limestone
- Permian-Triassic unconformity
- Triassic System
- Moenkopi Formation
- Basal unit
- Sinbad Limestone Member
- Lower ledge-forming unit
- Slope-forming unit
- Upper ledge-forming unit
- Chinle Formation
- Mottled-siltstone unit
- Shinarump Member
- Alteration associated with the Shinarump Member
- Monitor Butte Member
- Petrified Forest Member
- Owl Rock Member
- Church Rock Member
- Triassic and Jurassic Systems
- Glen Canyon Group
- Wingate Sandstone
- Kayenta Formation
- Navajo Sandstone
- Jurassic System
- San Rafael Group
- Carmel Formation
- Entrada Sandstone
- Curtis Formation
- Summerville Formation
- Morrison Formation
- Salt Wash Sandstone Member
- Brushy Basin Shale Member
- Cretaceous System
- Dakota Sandstone
- Mancos Shale
- Tununk Shale Member
- Ferron Sandstone Member
- Blue Gate Shale Member
- Emery Sandstone Member
- Masuk Member
- Mesaverde Formation
- Tertiary and Quaternary Systems
- Bouldery deposits
- Pediment deposits and pediments
- Terrace gravel
- Landslide deposits
- Older alluvium in Hall Creek
- Fan deposits
- Talus
- Stream alluvium
- Windblown-sand deposits
- Structure
- Method of representing structure
- Circle Cliffs anticline
- Henry Mountains syncline
- Faults
- Joints
- Periods of deformation
- Uranium deposits
- General character and distribution
- Mineralogy of deposits
- Relation of asphalt to uranium deposits
- Correlation of tectonic structure and uranium deposits
- Criteria and origin of uranium deposits
- Future of the area
- Principal prospects
- Buff and Red Cliff prospects
- Cool prospect
- Bart, Centipede, and Midas prospects
- Horsehead prospect
- Blue Goose prospect
- Horse Canyon prospect
- Stud Horse prospect
- Glen Rae prospect
- Blue Bird prospect
- Lone B prospect
- Black Widow prospect
- Mesa prospect
- Yellow Jacket prospect
- Hotshot prospect
- Sneaky-Silver Falls prospect
- Duke prospect
- Sun Dog prospect
- Betty Jack prospect
- Rainy Day mine and Rocky Mountain Co. prospects
- Copperhead prospect
- Hope prospect
- Zelda prospect
- Three Pardners prospect
- Dodie prospect
- Red Head prospect
- Moqui prospect
- Olympic prospect
- Dream prospect
- Solitude prospect
- Metalliferous deposits other than uranium
- Manganese
- Selenium
- Titanium
- Stratigraphic sections.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed September 15, 2014).
- Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-135) and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Davidson, Edward Sheldon, 1926- Geology of the Circle Cliffs area, Garfield and Kane counties, Utah
- OCLC:
- 891382496
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