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Geologic Map of the White Canyon-Good Hope Bay Area, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY a division of Plate 1 Department of Natural Resources Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 08-3DM in cooperation with the Geologic Map of the White Canyon-Good Hope Bay Area, National Park Service Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah 110° 32' 44" R 12 E |R 13 E 110°| 30' R 13 E R 14 E 110° 22' 30" R 14 E R 15 E 110° 15' R 15 E - R 16 E 110° 7' 30" | | ! | | | ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ^mu ! ! ! Qace ! Hite Qace Qace ! ! ! Qmst ! | ! ! ! Qmst | | ! Pcm | ! ! | | Qes 37° 52' 30" Jn ^cop | ! ! P*cl 37° 52' 30" ! ! ! ! Po ! Jn Pwr ! Pcm Pwr Qat ! Pcm Qace Qace ! Pcm P*cl ! Pcm Mille-Crag Qes Qal J^w Qal ^mu ! Qes Jk Jk ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Qace ! ! Jn Qmst ! ! Qae Qace ! ! Jn ^mu Qace ! Jn Pcm ! Qes Trachyte Wash Qmsb ! Qace Pwr Bend ! ! 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Willis in 2005-07. ^cc ^cs Jk Qmst J^w ^cmn ^cmn ^cc ^cc Qmst Jk ^cop ^cc ^cms Qmst Qmst ^cop ^cop ^cms Qmst Qace Qmsb ^cmn Qmsb Qmst CORRELATION DIAGRAM LITHOLOGIC COLUMN ^cms ^cs ^cop Qmst Qae ^cs ^cop ^cmn Qace Qmsb ^cc Jn ^mu Qmst Qace Qmsb Qmsb ^cms ^cms ^cmn ? Qat ^cmn L OBMYS IE S EIRES ^cmn Qmst ^cop Qal Qae M ETSYS ^cms Holo. Qmst ^cc ^cs ^cs GEOLOGIC UNIT THICKNESS LITHOLOGY Qmst ^cs Qat Qal Qmsb Qace Qmsb ^cmn ^cs Meters (Feet) ^cop Qmsb ^cms Jk Jp Qat Qace Qmsb Qat ^cmn Qst Qmst Qmsb ^cmn 4300 Qmst Qmsb Qes di e lddiM Carmel Formation (Paria River and ^cs ^mu Qmst Qmst Jc 30+ (100+) Shallow marine - tidal flat l Qace ^cop ^cc Winsor Members) Qal l J^w Qmst Jn e ^cs Qace Qat ? Qmst Qmsb Eolian sandstone Qat o w ^cc P ^cmn 4900 ke ^cmn ^cc Page Sandstone Jp 18-30 (60-100) Judd Hollow Tongue? La J^w ! y ^cop ! Jn b ^mu ! ? ion Qes ^cc Ql ^cms at ^cms ^cs Qmst d QUATERNARY n Jn u ^cs Qes ^cs n Jk Pleistocene n ^cop ^cmn i ^cop e ? 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