Outcrop of the Carmel formation in a fork of Moonshine Canyon. Emery County, Utah. 1930.
Dates
Date Taken
1930
Summary
Outcrop of the Carmel formation in a fork of Moonshine Canyon in sec. 20, T. 24 S., R. 16 E., Green River desert; the tanks in foreground rest on the Navajo sandstone, which is overlain by the limy sandstone beds at the base of the Carmel formation. Gypsiferous shale and sandstone beds of the Carmel formation form the upper part of the canyon wall. Emery County, Utah. 1930. Plate 15-B, U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 183. 1936.
Summary
Outcrop of the Carmel formation in a fork of Moonshine Canyon in sec. 20, T. 24 S., R. 16 E., Green River desert; the tanks in foreground rest on the Navajo sandstone, which is overlain by the limy sandstone beds at the base of the Carmel formation. Gypsiferous shale and sandstone beds of the Carmel formation form the upper part of the canyon wall. Emery County, Utah. 1930. Plate 15-B, U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 183. 1936.
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