 | | Report (issue) | | Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225 GEOLOGIC APPRAISAL OF PARADOX BASIN SALT DEPOSITS FOR WASTE EMPLACEMENT... :r---:- ' - General statement Pre-Paradox rocks Paradox Member--- .- - , .-- 8 . - ---- -...-- - - 14 15 19 - - Halite rock - 19 19 Black shale Post-Paradox rocks 7 8 , - 3 20 --...24 Geologic persistence of Paradox salt deposits - Gas in the Paradox Member 37 42 Geology of specific...Moab-Spanish Valley-Pine Ridge anticline- 53 -., ,! v Paradox Valley anticline ---- . 57 Salt Valley anticline |  | | Report (issue) | | Landsat investigations of the northern Paradox basin, Utah and Colorado: implications for radioactive waste...Page Abstract 1 Introduction 3 Location of Paradox basin and area of salt tectonics 4 Geology of the...the salt anticlines of the northern Paradox basin 6 Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) image selection...interpretation of Landsat frames of the northern Paradox basin 12 Lithology 12 Geomorphology and structure...contributions to the tectonic framework of the northern Paradox basin Summary 20 31 Implications for radioactive |  | | Report (issue) | | IN CYCLE 18, PARADOX MEMBER OF THE HERMOSA FORMATION, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, AND DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA...MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO By Robert J. Hite OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-147 1978 A POTENTIAL TARGET FOR POTASH...IN CYCLE 18, PARADOX MEMBER OF THE HERMOSA FORMATION, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, AND DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA...MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO By Robert J. Hite A deep and extensive deposit of potash, which may have significant...area of about 1,295 km 2 in the Paradox basin of southwest Colorado and southeast Utah. The deposit |  | | Report (issue) | | INTRODUCTION In the Gibson Dome area of the Paradox Basin in southeast Utah, potash deposits are present...present in the Middle Pennsylvanian Paradox Member of the Hermosa Formation. Gibson Dome is located about...about 16 miles south of Moab, in San Juan County, Utah (fig. 1). The area includes three small salt anticlines;...(fig. 2). The entire evaporite sequence of the Paradox Member was cored in this hole, allowing the potash...2). POTASH DEPOSITS The potash deposits of the Paradox Member are associated with a series of evaporite |  | | Report (issue) | | Negro Bill Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1754-D ...Negro Bill Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah By SUSAN BARTSCH-WINKLER, JAMES E. CASE,...MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREASUPPER COLORADO RIVER REGION, UTAH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...Negro Bill Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah / by Susan Bartsch-Winkler... [et al.]. p...(Mineral resources of wilderness study areas upper Colorado River region, Utah ; ch. D) (U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Report (issue) | | Indian Reservation and Adjacent Areas, Southwestern Colorado and Northwestern New Mexico By STEVEN M. CONDON...Indian Reservation and adjacent areas, southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico / by Steven M. Condon...Supt. of Docs, no.: I 19.16: 1505-A 1. Geology Colorado Southern Ute Indian Reservation. 2. Geology, Stratigraphic...Formation.................................... Paradox Formation and equivalent rocks ............ Honaker............................................. 33 Dolores Formation..................................... |  | | Report (volume) | | Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation of the Hermosa Group, Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL...View south toward the La Sal Mountains along the Colorado River between Cisco and Moab, Utah. Fisher Towers...Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation of the Hermosa Group, Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado By Omer B. Raup...Robert J. Kite EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS PARADOX BASIN A.C. Huffman, Jr., Project Coordinator U.S...Pennsylvania!! Paradox Formation of the Hermosa Group, Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado / by Omer B. Raup |  | | Report (issue) | | OF THE LISBON VALLEY POTASH DEPOSITS, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH by Robert J. Hite OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-148...2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Page Index map of the Paradox basin- -------2 Correlation diagram, Lisbon Valley...OF THE LISBON VALLEY POTASH DEPOSITS, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH By Robert J. Hite INTRODUCTION The Lisbon...structural and sedimentary basin of Pennsylvanian age which is called the Paradox basin (Baker and others, 1933...boundaries of the basin are generally determined by the wedge edge of the evaporites of the Paradox Member of |  | | Report (issue) | | Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1754-C ...Bldg., 2600 corridor, 18th and CSts.,NW. DENVER, Colorado-Federal Bldg., Rm. 169, 1961 Stout St. LOS ANGELES...ROLLA, Missouri-1400 Independence Rd. . DENVER, Colorado-Map Distribution, Bldg. 810, Federal Center ....Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah By SANDRA J. SOULLIERE, GREG K. LEE, and...MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREASUPPER COLORADO RIVER REGION, UTAH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR |  | | Report (issue) | | and Butler Wash Wilderness Study Areas, San Juan County, Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1754-A ...and Butler Wash Wilderness Study .Areas, San Juan County, Utah By CHARLES G. PATTERSON, MARGO I. TOTH, JAMES...MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS UPPER COLORADO RIVER REGION, UTAH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...areas, San Juan County, Utah. (Mineral resources of wilderness study areas upper Colorado River region,...Wash (UT-060-169) Wilderness Study Areas, San Juan County, Utah. CONTENTS Abstract Al Summary Al Introduction |  | | Report (volume) | | Two Interbeds in the Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation, Utah and Colorado A Record of Deposition and Diagenesis...Diagenesis of Repetitive Cycles in a Marine Basin U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 2000-N Cover. View south...south toward the La Sal Mountains along the Colorado River between Cisco and Moab, Utah. Fisher Towers...Two Interbeds in the Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation, Utah and Colorado A Record of Deposition and Diagenesis...Diagenesis of Repetitive Cycles in a Marine Basin By Michele L. Tuttle, Timothy R. Klett, Mark Richardson |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREASUPPER COLORADO RIVER REGION, UTAH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...(Mineral resources of wilderness study areas upper Colorado River region, Utah ; ch. B) (U.S. Geological Survey...Mining history B4 Mineral appraisal B5 Potash and halite B5 Uranium B5 Common industrial materials B7 Assessment...Braitschite (rare-earth mineral) B16 Potash and halite B16 Suggestions for further work B16 References... MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS-UPPER COLORADO RIVER REGION, UTAH Mineral Resources of the Behind |  | | Report (volume) | | in Mississippian Rocks of the Paradox Basin and Adjacent Areas, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona...View south toward the LaSal Mountains along the Colorado River between Cisco and Moab, Utah. Fisher Towers...in Mississippian Rocks of the Paradox Basin and Adjacent Areas, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona...Dudley D. Rice EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS PARADOX BASIN A.C. Huffman, Jr., Project Coordinator U. S...in Mississippian rocks of the Paradox Basin and adjacent areas, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona |  | | Report (volume) | | of the Dolores River Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Montrose and San Miguel Counties, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL...of the Dolores River Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Montrose and San Miguel Counties, Colorado By CAROL...CAROL N. GERLITZ, HARLAN N. BARTON, and DOLORES M. KULIK U.S. Geological Survey CLAYM. MARTIN U.S. Bureau...RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREASSOUTHWESTERN COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL...of the Dolores River Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Montrose and San Miguel Counties, Colorado. (Mineral |  | | Report (issue) | | the D.O.E. Gibson Dome Corehole no. 1, San Juan County, Utah By Robert J. Hite 1 Open-File Report 83-780...25046, Mail Stop 917 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 198 PRELIMINARY MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL...THE D.O.E. GIBSON DOME COREHOLE NO. 1, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH by Robert J. Hite As part of the U.S. Department...drilled in sec. 21, T. 30 S., R. 21 E., San Juan County, Utah, by Woodward-Clyde Consultants in 1981. ...corehole is located in the southwest part of the Paradox Basin on the southeast plunge of a small salt anticline |  | | Report (issue) | | District and Vicinity San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared...District and Vicinity San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colorado By DANIEL R. SHAWE, GEORGE C. SIMMONS...THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...Water supply.__-_____-_--_-_-___-____-________ Dolores River______________________________ Springs.__...__ Lower limestone member.___________________ Paradox Member.__________________________ Lower unit__ |  | | Report (issue) | | District and Vicinity, San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PA PER...District and Vicinity, San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colorado By DANIEL R. SHAWE GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS...THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...district and vicinity, San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colorado. (Geologic investigations in the Slick...Slick Rock District, San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colorado) (Geological Survey Professional Paper 576-E) |  | | Report (issue) | | Pennsylvanian and Permian Rocks, San Juan Basin and Adjacent Areas, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico U.S...Pennsylvanian and Permian Rocks, San Juan Basin and Adjacent Areas, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico By A...BULLETIN 1808 EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS SAN JUAN BASIN U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT...Pennsylvanian and Permian rocks, San Juan Basin and adjacent areas, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico / by...1808) (Evolution of sedimentary basins San Juan Basin) Includes bibliographical references. Supt.ofDocs |  | | Report (volume) | | Part of the Paradox Formation of the Hermosa Group of Pennsylvanian Age in the Paradox Basin, Utah and...and Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 2000-B -3 I On the Front Cover: View south toward LaSal...LaSal Mountains along Colorado River between Cisco and Moab, Utah. Fisher Towers in center are composed...Part of the Paradox Formation of the Hermosa Group of Pennsylvanian Age in the Paradox Basin, Utah and...and Colorado By OMER B. RAUP and ROBERT J. KITE EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS PARADOX BASIN A.C. HUFFMAN |  | | Report (issue) | | Paleozoic Rocks in the Upper Colorado River Basin in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming^...Wyoming^ Excluding the San Juan Basin Regional Aquifer-System Analysis Professional Paper 1411-A UTAH r \...Paleozoic Rocks in the Upper Colorado River Basin in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming...San Juan Basin By ARTHUR L. GELDON REGIONAL AQUIFER-SYSTEM ANALYSISUPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN, EXCLUDING...EXCLUDING SAN JUAN BASIN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1411-A 2003 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR |  | | Report (volume) | | Cycles in the Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) Paradox Formation of Southeastern Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL...View south toward the La Sal Mountains along the Colorado River between Cisco and Moab, Utah. Fisher Towers...Cycles in the Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) Paradox Formation of Southeastern Utah By Bruce F. Rueger...Rueger EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS PARADOX BASIN A.C. Huffman, Jr., Project Coordinator U.S. GEOLOGICAL...cycles in the Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) Paradox Formation of southeastern Utah/by Bruce F. Rueger |  | | Report (issue) | | District and Vicinity, San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...District and Vicinity, San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colorado By DANIEL R. SHAWE GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS...THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...faults________________________ Faults bounding Gypsum Valley_ Dolores zone of faults____________ Major faults Continued...THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO STRUCTURE OF THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT |  | | Report (issue) | | OF THE PARADOX MEMBER OF THE HERMOSA FORMATION OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO By Robert...inn--. _____ -» ,__ »-»-.-_>-_* r^l |^ ________ Paradox member of the Hermosa formation TlT^T**_5l V* U^/^Jwi...stratigraphic nomenclature of the "saline facies", Paradox member, Hermosa formation All figures 2. Correlation...Correlation diagram of the "saline facies", Paradox member, Hermosa formation are in envelope at end of...OF THE PARADOX MEMBER OF THE HERMOSA FORMATION OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO* B7 Robert |  | | Report (volume) | | Palynology of Part of the Paradox and Honaker Trail Formations, Paradox Basin, Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...View south toward the La Sal Mountains along the Colorado River between Cisco and Moab, Utah. Fisher Towers... Palynology of Part of the Paradox and Honaker Trail Formations, Paradox Basin, Utah By Robert M. Kosanke...Kosanke EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS PARADOX BASIN A.C. Huffman, Jr., Project Coordinator U. S. GEOLOGICAL...Palynology of part of the Paradox and Honaker Trail Formations, Paradox Basin, Utah / by Robert M. Kosanke |  | | Report (issue) | | ....................................7 Delaware Basin, Southeast New Mexico......................................................................7 Paradox Basin, Southeast Utah...................................................................7 Holbrook Basin, East-Central Arizona................................................................11 Michigan Basin.....................................................................................12 Williston Basin, North Dakota.................................. |
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