Geologic Publications

Spring Inventory and Preliminary Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems Assesment of Manti-La Sal National Forest, Wasatch Plateau, Utah (OFR-662)
By: Paul Inkenbrandt, Richard Emerson, Janae Wallace, J. Lucy Jordan, and Stefan KirbyIn cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, the Utah Geological Survey mapped springs and groundwater dependent ecosystems on the Wasatch Plateau. Using remote sensing, GIS, and field checking, more than 400 points...

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Preliminary Landslide Inventory Map of the 2012 Seeley Fire Area, Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah (OFR-612)
By: Greg N. McDonald and Richard E. GiraudThis map presents a landslide inventory for the 2012 Seeley fire area, Carbon and Emery counties, Utah, at a scale of 1:24,000. The purposes of the map and accompanying geodatabase are to show and characterize landslides and...

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Geology of the Sulphurdale Geothermal-Resources Area, Beaver and Millard Counties, Utah (OFR-609)
By: Peter D. Rowley, Edward F. Rutledge, David J. Maxwell, Gary L. Dixon, and Chester A. WallaceThis 27-page report analyzes new detailed (1:12,000 scale) geologic mapping of a 14 square mile area centered by the high-temperature (350Â¡F) Sulphurdale heat source, which at the surface...

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Groundwater Quality Classification for the Principal Basin-Fill Aquifer, East Shore Area, Davis County, Utah (OFR-592)
By: Janae Wallace, Paul Inkenbrandt, and Mike Lowe Contains a 15-page report with a 79-page appendices and 3 maps at 1:24,000 and 1:50,000 scale, in easily readable PDF format, that address groundwater quality in the east shore area of Davis County's basin-fill aquifer. The...

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Ground-water quality classification for the principal basin-fill aquifer, Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah (OFR-560)
By: J. Wallace and M. Lowe Contains a report (15 pages + 64-page appendix) and three plates (maps at 1:75,000 scale), all, that address ground-water quality in Salt Lake Valley?s basin-fill aquifer and provide recommendations for water-resource management and land-use planning. The maps are...

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Tar sand data for the P.R. Spring and Hill Creek areas, Uintah and Grand Counties, Utah (OFR-527)
By: J. W. Gwynn The P.R. Spring - Hill Creek tar sand deposit lies within an area extending from T. 12 S. through T. 17 S., and R. 20 E. through R. 25 E., Salt Lake Baseline and Meridian, in Uintah and Grand Counties,...

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Reservoir characterization of the Cretaceous Cedar Mountain and Dakota Formations, southern Uinta Basin: Year-two report (OFR-492, 516)
By: M. L. McPherson, B. S. Currie, J. P. Dark, and J. S. Pierson The first and second year reports of a two-year study into the stratigraphic and petrophysical controls on the distribution of economically viable Cretaceous Cedar Mountain-Dakota (DMC) gas reservoirs in the...

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Great Salt Lake brine chemistry database and reports - 1966 to 2006 (OFR-485)
By: J. W. Gwynn Prior to the construction of the solid rock-fill railroad causeway across the central part of Great Salt Lake in 1959, the water was able to mix throughout the lake. Through this mixing, the salinity and chemistry were relatively constant both...

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Interim map showing shear-wave-velocity characteristics of engineering geologic units in the Salt Lake City, Utah metropolitan area (OFR-424)
By: F. X. Ashland and G. N. McDonaldEmpirical correlation between earthquake ground-motion amplification and the average shear-wave velocity in the upper 30 meters below the ground surface (Vs30) provides the basis of the site classes in the International Building Code. This knowledge allows engineers...

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Ferron Sandstone stratigraphic cross sections, Ivie Creek area, Emery County, Utah (OFR-390)
By: P. B. Anderson, T. C. Chidsey Jr., K. P. McClure, A. Mattson, and S. H. Snelgrove The Ferron Sandstone Member of Mancos Shale in east-central Utah has world-class outcrops of fluvial-dominated and wave-modified deltaic, Upper Cretaceous strata deposited along the margin of the...

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Ferron Sandstone permeability database, Ivie Creek area, Emery County, Utah (OFR-389)
By: C. B. Forster and S. H. Snelgrove The Ferron Sandstone of east-central Utah has world-class outcrops of fluvial-dominated and wave-modified deltaic, Turonian-Coniacian-age strata deposited along the margin of the rapidly subsiding Cretaceous foreland basin. The Ivie Creek area was selected to develop a...

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Geologic Map of Unconsolidated Deposits in the Hogup Bar Quadrangle, Box Elder County, Utah (MP 15-2dm)
By: Daren T. Nelson and Paul W. JewellThe Hogup Bar quadrangle is located southeast of Park Valley, Utah, and west of the northwest arm of Great Salt Lake. Late Pleistocene Lake Bonneville sediments and related shorelines dominate the landscape, and record the transgression and...

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Landslide investigation of Timber Lakes Estates, Wasatch County, Utah: Landslide inventory and preliminary geotechnical-engineering slope stability analysis (MP 05-9)
By: D. P. Neuffer and R. L. Bruhn We produced a comprehensive, detailed landslide map of Timber Lakes Estates in Wasatch County, Utah. Landslide deposits underlie about 13% of the total area of Timber Lakes (about 3,200 acres). We mapped twenty separate landslides scattered...

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Proceedings volume, Basin and Range Province Seismic-Hazards Summit II (MP 05-2)
By: W. R. Lund, editor This Proceedings Volume documents the results of the second Basin and Range Province Seismic Hazards Summit held in Reno-Sparks, Nevada on May 16-19, 2004. Included are abstracts of the 26 oral presentations made at the summit, which were grouped...

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Landslide susceptibility map of Utah (M-228)
By: R. E. Giraud and L. M. Shaw This DVD contains a 1:500,000 scale landslide susceptibility map in PDF that shows the generalized landslide hazard in Utah. Landslide susceptibility categories are based on mapped landslides and slope-angle thresholds for different geologic map units. A...

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Coal resource map of Utah (M-226dm)
By: D. E. Tabet and S. I. Wakefield This map depicts the coal resources in the state of Utah. Information given on the map includes: federal coal leases, state coal leases, coal area with beds over 4 feet, and areas underlain by coal-bearing rocks....

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Major Oil Plays in Utah and Vicinity (B-137)
By: Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr., Compiler and EditorOne of the benefits of UtahÃ•s diverse geology is a wealth of petroleum resources. Three oil-producing provinces exist in Utah and adjacent parts of Wyoming, Colorado, and ArizonaÃ‘the thrust belt, Paradox Basin, and Uinta Basin. Utah produces...

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Central Basin and Range Ecoregion Wetland Assessment and Landscape Analysis (OFR-738)
By: Miles McCoy-Sulentic, Diane Menuz, and Rebecca Lee Wetlands in the arid Central Basin and Range ecoregion of Utah are scarce but provide important functions such as wildlife habitat, water quality improvement, and recreational and aesthetic values. Field surveys were conducted in 2019 and 2020...

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Subsurface map and seismic risk analysis of the Salt Lake Valley (OFR-152)
By: H. Radkins, M. Murphy, and G. T. Schuster This report is divided into two sections: 1) a compilation and integration of existing geophysical data pertaining to the sub-surface structure of Salt Lake Basin, and 2) a suite of synthetic seismograms which attempt to...

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The Sound of Mountain Water by Wallace Stegner
A book of timeless importance about the American West and a modern classic by National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Wallace Stegner. “Stegner catches the paradoxical essence of American civilzation.” —ChoiceThe essays, memoirs, letters, and speeches collected in The Sound of Mountain Water encompass memoir, nature conservation,...

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