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Geologic units in Beaver county, Utah

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Upper Cambrian carbonate rocks in western Utah (Middle Cambrian to Early Ordovician) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite); shale

Miocene volcanic rocks (Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene) at surface, covers 10 % of this area

Lithology: ash-flow tuff; basalt

Quaternary landslides (Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Lithology: landslide

Tertiary (4) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Middle Miocene to Late Pliocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: coarse-grained mixed clastic; alluvium; pyroclastic; basalt; evaporite

Devonian sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Devonian to Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); limestone; siltstone; mudstone

Middle Cambrian shale and carbonate rocks in western Utah (Middle Cambrian) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; shale; dolostone (dolomite); argillite

Mississippian (1) carbonate rocks in southwestern Utah (Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite); chert

Quaternary rhyolites (Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: rhyolite

Pennsylvanian and Permian sedimentary rocks in southwestern Utah (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); sandstone

Middle Cambrian shale and carbonate rocks in southwestern Utah (Middle Cambrian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); argillite; limestone

Pliocene basalts (Pliocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: basalt; rhyolite

Triassic (1) sedimentary rocks in Salt western Utah (Early Triassic) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: siltstone; limestone

Miocene basalts (Early to Middle Miocene) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Lithology: basalt

Tertiary volcanic rocks, undivided (Tertiary) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Lithology: volcanic rock (aphanitic)

Pliocene rhyolites (Pliocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: rhyolite

Quaternary alluvium and colluvium (Quaternary) at surface, covers 49 % of this area

Lithology: alluvium; colluvium

Ordovician sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Ordovician) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; fine-grained mixed clastic; sandstone; dolostone (dolomite)

Triassic (2) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Late Triassic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: shale; siltstone; sandstone; conglomerate; basalt

Younger Precambrian metamorphic rocks in western Utah (Precambrian) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

Lithology: conglomerate; metamorphic rock

Tertiary intrusive rocks in western Utah (Late Eocene to Early Miocene) at surface, covers 0.8 % of this area

Lithology: granodiorite; granite; quartz monzonite; quartz diorite

Permian (1) sedimentary rocks in southwestern Utah (Early Permian) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; dolostone (dolomite); fine-grained mixed clastic

Cretaceous (2) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Late Cretaceous) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; mudstone; conglomerate

Miocene rhyolites (Middle to Late Miocene) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

Lithology: rhyolite; dacite

Pennsylvanian and Permian sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Pennsylvanian to Permian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; limestone

Quaternary basalts (Quaternary) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Lithology: basalt; rhyolite

Permian (2) sedimentary rocks in southwestern Utah (Early Permian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; evaporite; chert

Pliocene and Quaternary alluvial material (Pliocene to Quaternary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: alluvium

Tertiary intrusive rocks in southwestern Utah (Oligocene to Miocene) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Lithology: quartz monzonite; granite; monzonite

Older Quaternary alluvial deposits (Quaternary) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Lithology: alluvium

Triassic (1) sedimentary rocks in Salt southwestern Utah (Early Triassic) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: mudstone; siltstone; limestone; sandstone; conglomerate; evaporite

Silurian carbonate rocks in western Utah (Silurian) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); chert

Oligocene volcanic rocks (Late Eocene to Oligocene) at surface, covers 9 % of this area

Lithology: dacite; rhyolite; andesite; basalt

Permian (2) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Permian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: carbonate; fine-grained mixed clastic; chert

Triassic and Jurassic sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Early Jurassic) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone

Quaternary Lake Bonneville deposits (Quaternary) at surface, covers 1.0 % of this area

Lithology: clay or mud; sand; gravel; silt

Permian (1) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Early Permian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; carbonate; fine-grained mixed clastic; evaporite

Cambrian quartzite in western Utah (Early Cambrian) at surface, covers 1.0 % of this area

Lithology: arenite; conglomerate

Mississippian (2) sedimentary rocks in western Utah (Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Lithology: limestone; sandstone; dolostone (dolomite); shale

Tertiary (5) sedimentary rocks in southwestern Utah (Miocene to Pliocene) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; conglomerate

Mississippian (1) carbonate rocks in western Utah (Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Lithology: limestone

Quaternary mud and salt flats (Holocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lithology: mud flat; playa

Triassic and Jurassic sedimentary rocks in southwestern Utah (Early to Middle Jurassic) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

Lithology: sandstone; siltstone; mudstone; limestone