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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Numbers Refer to Index Map) Plate 1 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 09-2DM a division of Geologic Map of part of the Lees Ferry Area, Utah Department of Natural Resources digitized from U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1137 (1963) in cooperation with the National Park Service 111°37'30'' 36°57'49'' References to Selected Geologic Maps Covering Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (numbers refer to index map) 1 Billingsley, G.H., Huntoon, P.W., and Breed, W.J., 1987, Geologic map of Capitol Reef National Park and vicinity, Emery, Garfield, Kane, and Wayne Counties, Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Map 87, scale 1:62,500. Geographic Information System (GIS) data - http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata/datastore.cfm?ID=39074; Map Explanation digital map image - http://geology.utah.gov/maps/geomap/parkmaps/pdf/M-87.pdf. Geologic Lines Geologic Units Qea 2 Doelling, H.H. and Willis, G.C., 2006, Geologic map of the Smoky Mountain 30’x60’ quadrangle, Kane and San Juan Counties, Utah, and Coconino County, Arizona: Utah Geological Survey contact, approximately located Colorado River Map 213, 2 plates, scale 1:100,000; GIS data - UGS Map 213DM published in 2008. Also see: Doelling, H.H., and Davis, F.D., 1989, The geology of Kane County, Utah, geology, mineral resources, ! ! ! ! ! geologic hazards: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Bulletin 124 [also published separately as UGMS Map 121], 10 pl., scale 1:100,000, 192 p. ! ! ! contact, concealed Qes ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ? ! ! 3 Doelling, H.H., and Willis, G.C., 1999, Interim geologic map of the Escalante and parts of the Loa and Hite Crossing 30'x60' quadrangles, Garfield and Kane Counties, Utah: Utah Geological ! ! contact, well located Qal1 ? ! 7 ? ! ! ! ! ! Survey Open-File Report 368, 19 p., 2 plates, scale 1:100,000. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Jp! fault, normal, approximately located Qea ! ? ! ! ! ! ! Qea! 4 Doelling, H.H., and Willis, G.C., 2008, Geologic map of the lower Escalante River area, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Eastern Kane County, Utah: Utah Geological Survey ! Miscellaneous Publication 06-3DM, 8 p., scale 1:100,000. Jp fault, normal, approximately located, queried Qmt ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! 5 Huntoon, P.W., Billingsley, G.H., Jr., and Breed, W.J., 1982, Geologic map of Canyonlands National Park and vicinity, Utah: Moab, Utah, Canyonlands Natural History Association, scale ! fault, normal, concealed Qms Jp 1:62,500. GIS data - http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata/datastore.cfm?ID=38974. Also see: Doelling, H.H., 2004, Geologic map of the La Sal 30'x60' quadrangle, San Juan County, Utah: Utah 6 ! ! ! Geological Survey Map 205, 2 plates, scale 1:100,000; GIS data - UGS Map 205DM published in 2006. ! fault, normal, well located Qaeo 80 *** fault, reverse, well located Qat 6 This map. 15 10 Jp 10 ! 10 ! ! fault, unknown, approximately located Jc 90 ! ! ! ! 7 Thaden, R.E., Trites, A.F., Jr., Finnell, T.L., and Willis, G.C., 2008, Geologic map of the White Canyon-Good Hope Bay area, San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah (digitized and modified from ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 20 ! ! U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1125, published in 1964): Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 08-3DM, GIS data, scale 1:100,000. ! ! ! ! ! ! fault, unknown, approximately located, queried Jcj ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 4 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! 8 Willis, G.C., 2004, Interim geologic map of the lower San Juan River area, eastern Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and vicinity, San Juan County, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Open-File ! ! ! ! ! fault, unknown, concealed b ! ! ! ! ! ! ? ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Report 443DM, GIS data, scale 1:50,000. ? ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! R 7 E R 8 E ! ! ! ! fault, unknown, concealed, queried Jp ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 9 Willis, G.C., 2009, Geolgic map of the Hite Crossing – lower Dirty Devil River area, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Map, ! ! Qea ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! GIS data, scale 1:100,000. ! fault, unknown, well located Jn ! ! ! ! ! Qea ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 10 ! joint, approximately located Jk 10 Willis, G.C., 2009, Interim geologic map of the Glen Canyon Dam area, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Kane and San Juan Counties, Utah and Coconino County, Arizona: Utah ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! Geological Survey Map, GIS data, scale 1:50,000. ! ? !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! joint, well located Jks ! ! Jcj ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 11 Willis, G.C., 2009, Interim geologic maps of the Bullfrog, Halls Crossing, Halls Crossing NE, Ticaboo Mesa, and Knowles Canyon quadrangles, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Garfield ! ! 70 map boundary, well located JTRmd and San Juan Counties, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Open-File Reports, GIS data, scale 1:24,000. 13 ? ! ? ! ! !!! ! vein, mineralized, approximately located TRcop ! ! ! 15 ! ! ? !!! ! 100 111°30'00'' ! ! vein, mineralized, well located TRcmn ? ! ! ! _ ! 36°53'45'' ! ! ! ! ! ! 60 38°30' ! ! ! water boundary TRcs ! ? 85 ? ! ! ! ! ? ! 5 80 Edge of Triassic Paleochannel TRmu ! ! ! ! Glen ? ! 11 TRcop ! anticline, upright, asymmetrical, approximately located TRml 1 Qes JTRmd ? ! Loa ! ! Hanksville ! TRcop ! ? ! ! !!!!!!!!!!! ? ! 60 anticline, upright, asymmetrical, concealed Pk ! ! ! ! 40 La Sal Jks ? ! ! ! ! ! ! Qes anticline, upright, asymmetrical, well located Pt TRcop ! ! 38° ? ! ? ! ! JTRmd ? ? ? ! TRcop ! ? 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