Southwest across the valley of Minnie Maud Creek. Duchesne and Uintah Counties, Utah.1925.
Dates
Date Taken
1925
Summary
Southwest across the valley of Minnie Maud Creek; the remarkably flat bench is the top of the Horse Bench sandstone lentil. The inner canyon of Minnie Maud Creek is cut into the sandy deltaic facies of the Green River formation, and the principal oil-shale group is just below the rim of the inner canyon. The road in the foreground furnishes a scale: Near the boundary between Duchesne and Uintah Counties, Utah. September 9, 1925. Plate 9-B, U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 168. 1931.
Summary
Southwest across the valley of Minnie Maud Creek; the remarkably flat bench is the top of the Horse Bench sandstone lentil. The inner canyon of Minnie Maud Creek is cut into the sandy deltaic facies of the Green River formation, and the principal oil-shale group is just below the rim of the inner canyon. The road in the foreground furnishes a scale: Near the boundary between Duchesne and Uintah Counties, Utah. September 9, 1925. Plate 9-B, U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 168. 1931.
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