Geologic Map of the Park City West Quadrangle, Summit and Salt Lake Counties, Utah (M-297DM)

by Robert F. Biek, W. Adolph Yonkee, and William D. Loughlin

The Park City West quadrangle includes the crest of the Wasatch Range north of Big Cottonwood Canyon and the Park Meadows and Snyderville basins at the base of the range’s eastern flank. The quadrangle’s geology is dominated by Paleozoic and Mesozoic shallow-marine and continental strata exposed along the Uinta-Cottonwood arch and in the Mount Raymond thrust sheet that were folded and thrust faulted during the Sevier orogeny. Part of the Park City mining district, once one of the West’s most important silver-lead-zinc mining districts, is in the southeastern corner of the quadrangle. Hiking and mountain biking trails and the Park City Mountain Resort make this a popular year-round recreational area.

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Published: 2023
Plates: 2
Scale: 1:24,000
Location: Utah
Media Type: Paper Map