Stratigraphy of the East Tintic Mountains, Utah / by H.T. Morris and T.S. Lovering. With a section on Quaternary deposits by H.D. Goode.
| Author/creator | Morris, H. T., 1920- |
| Other author | Lovering, T. S. (Thomas Seward), 1896-1991 author. |
| Other author | United States. Department of the Interior. |
| Other author | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1961. |
| Description | 145 pages : illustrations, maps, diagrams, tables ; 30 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Geological Survey (U.S.). Professional paper, 361 Geological Survey professional paper ; 361. ^A16492 |
| Contents | Abstract -- Introduction -- Location, towns, and accessibility -- Physical features -- Climate and vegetation -- Fieldwork -- Previous investigations -- Present investigations -- Acknowledgements -- General geologic features -- Sedimentary and igneous rocks -- Precambrian system -- Big Cottonwood formation -- Cambrian system -- Tintic quartzite -- Ophir formation -- Lower shale member -- Middle limestone member -- Upper shale member -- Teutonic limestone -- Dagmar dolomite -- Herkimer limestone -- Bluebird dolomite -- Cole Canyon dolomite -- Opex formation -- Ajax dolomite -- Ordovician system -- Opohonga limestone -- Unconformity at top of Opohonga limestone -- Fish Haven dolomite -- Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian systems -- Bluebell dolomite -- Devonian system -- Victoria formation -- Devonian and Mississippian system -- Pinyon Peak limestone -- Regional unconformity at base of Pinyon Peak limestone -- Mississippian system -- Lower Mississippian series -- Fitchville formation -- Gardison limestone -- Upper Mississippian series -- Deseret limestone -- Phosphatic shales -- Humbug formation -- Great Blue formation -- Topliff limestone member -- Paymaster member -- Chiulos member -- Poker Knoll limestone member -- Mississippian and Pennsylvanians systems -- Manning Canyon shale -- Pennsylvanian and Permian systems -- Oquirrh formation -- Disconformity at top of Oquirrh formation -- Permian system -- Diamond Creek sandstone -- Park City and Phosphoria formations -- Tertiary system -- Apex conglomerate of Eocene age -- Tertiary system -- Middle Eocene igneous rocks -- Volcanic rocks -- Packard quartz latite and Fernow quartz latite -- Laguna Spring latite -- Basalt -- Age and correlation of volcanic rocks -- Unnamed Tertiary limestone and argillized tuff -- Salt Lake formation -- History of pre-Quaternary sedimentation -- Quaternary system / H.D. Goode -- Deposits of pre-Lake Bonneville age -- Loess -- Alluvium and colluvium -- Pre-Wisconsin soil -- Deposits of pre-Lake Bonneville and Lake Bonneville age -- Landslides -- Deposits of Lake Bonneville age -- Alpine formation -- Alluvial silt of Alpine age -- Bonneville formation -- Gravelly silt of Provo age -- Silts of Alpine and Provo ages -- Gravel of Provo age -- Deposits of Lake Bonneville and Recent age -- Colluvium -- Recent deposits -- Alluvium -- Eolian deposits -- Colluvium -- References cited -- Index. |
| Abstract | A study of the sedimentary rocks with special emphasis on their regional correlation, variation in lithology, and importance as host rocks for replacement ore bodies. |
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| General note | Part of illustrative matter in pocket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-140). |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Morris, H.T. (Hal Tryon), 1920-. Stratigraphy of the East Tintic Mountains, Utah |
| Govt. docs number | I 19.16:361 |
| Govt. docs number | I 19.16:361 c.2 |