Show Pahvant Valley Serving Utah’s Great July Belongs To BLUEBERRIES MONTH Delta Utah $1800 la out of county 6 monthi S1000 On Advance) Copy 50C Senior Citizens (65 and older) $1500 in county $18 00 out of USPS County 0 Vol 79 No 1 July 7 1988 COGEOMAP program continues Millard County compiled by Dawn Carder Note: On Thursday June 30 1988 Sue Dutson and I joined a group of geologists who were surveying and area ploring the Lake Bonneville Tabernacle Hill and other geological points of interest in east Millard County The previous day the group had plored sites on the western side of the headed by The geologists county Charles G (Jack) Oviatt of the Department of Geology Kansas State Univerwith the Utah sity are affiliated and Mineral Survey Geological Genevieve Atwood Director of UGMS was our contact and a member of the group Fitz Davis personally acSue and me answering companied questions and sharing his knowledge 1 he following report is a combination of information taken from the UGMS Survey Notes and my publication observations In order to decipher geological history and events that occurred Jack and Oviatt Kansas State University Fitzhugh (Fitz) D Davis Utah Geological and Mineral Survey have collaborated on a mapping that had never previously been done Their work continues in western Utah and as Genevieve At“addresses a great wood explained unresolved problem in understanding Utah’s geologic history: what has been going on in the basins of western Utah for the last 15 million years?” Oviatt and Davis focused their attention on the Sevier LakeDeltaMillard and Juab Counties’ basins The project was funded under a program entitled COGEOMAP: Cooperative Geologic Mapping Project According to the article in the issue of Survey Notes written by Oviatt and Davis COGEOMAP was “designed to support basic and apby state mapping plied geologic surveys and the US geological Geological Survey” It is “aimed at obtaining basic geologic information that can be used in studies oi mineral or energy resources geologic hazards or Geologic maps geologic engineering are fundamental sources for most and state geologic investigations geological surveys must have a broad data base available for making reliable and some times quick assessments or decisions” Utah’s COGEOMAP project has focused on Quaternary (the geological period following the Tertiary in the Cenozoic Era comprising the Pleistocene and Recent Epochs) deposits in the western part of the state Particular sites included are large areas in the central part of the Sevier desert around Sevier Lake south into the Black Rock Desert west into the Long Ridge and Whirlwind Valley area Fish Springs Flat in Juab County The project includes mapping of deposits from Lake Bonneville and volcanic deposits and activities at Ice Springs Pavant Butte and Tabernacle Hill The study and mapping are important for several reasons The deposits cover more than half of the Basin and Range affecting the structuie ot the land These Quaternary deposits also Freak accident injures woman by Dawn Carder A freak accident at Gunnison Bend Reservoir on Friday July 1988 caused a thirty woman to suffer serious injuries The incident occurred at approximately 3:20 pm according to Millard County Sheriff’s Deputy Ron Lange investigating officer Andrea Lautenschlager of Phoenix Arizona was attending a family reunion at the reservoir The action of closing the hatch type rear door of her vehicle caused a gun to discharge (Deputy Lange reported that Ms was unaware of the Lautenschlager presence of the single action 357 handgun) The victim was struck in the abdomen the accident Ms Following Lautenschlager was transported by ambulance to the Delta Community Medical Center From there she was taken to Utah Valley Hospital where she underwent surgery Deputy Lange expressed his up preciation for civilian assistance with both the crowd and the victim a the scene of the accident Millard Countv Sheriff Ed Phillips and Deputies Chuck Steart and Robert Dekker assisted in the investigation are important aquifers lor fresh water in the wesiern section of Utah cluding urban areas along the Wasatch Front and agricultural areas around Fillmore and Delta Lake Bonneville covered 20 000 square miles in western Utah as well as In portions of Idaho and Nevada order to predict future fluctuations ot both the Sevier and Great Salt lakes it is important to understand water changes over long periods of time Both earthquake and volcanic hazards in Utah exist Approximately 700 years ago the Ice Springs cinder cones and lova flows erupted and eruptions occurred at Pavant Butte about 16000 years ago and at Tabernacle Hill 13500 vearx ago knowledge of past volcanic actmtv is necessary for there is a greai possibility of recurrence although extensive damage from new eruptions is not expected Walking through a volcanc cindei cone seeing how the torces ol waves and volcanoes had shaped the land We are valuable improvements definitely looking at a threat to life and property Irom wildfire" The order restricts open fires to and picnic designated campgrounds areas It also ptohibits smoking except m vehicles boats developed recreation sites residences or oil a paved road Fireworks are prohibited within the restricted area or within any National Forest System land The order will main in eflect until recinded Klaxon also reminds people to be particularly cautious during the July 4th holiday weekend “Unfortunately we are faced with all the conditions for a severe That means fire season everyone must think care and safety and with campfires smoking Klason fireworks" says Last year wildfires destroyed $2000000 worth of real property and natural resources In 1987 the Utah Division of State Lands and orestrv responded to 81 fire reports Appr " imateiy 64 percent of these fires and preventable in Lake Bonneville created the ripple pattern pictured Millard Counts is a geological resource center -- an area that ought to be pro tected and preserved The natural wonders provide an outdoor classroom that allows students ot all ages io see and to touch as thev link earth s with its presence Students here need not only READ about tin earth's evolution thev can I u How exciting' Marshal of the Day Armine rank Barben was born May o to haul manganese oie to the Delta 9 to lied and Henrietta Railioad "Watkins" Barben in Midway tali The government had made a near ( edar Citv W lien he was erne vear ions ol ore at Drum stockpile of 8(i ol age Arch came :o Della with his Mountain and when Geneva Steele was lived near They parents and tannlv build Arch took the contract to haul sman Row Street until Ins lather and ship this stockpile ol oie the firs' moved the lamily to then farm in ore tv be used at Geneva Steele Woodrow I tali Arch served as Delta City CounArchie plaved the coionet in a band cilman under lout mavors lor eighleen a communitv band organized and vears He worked and served Millard taught by lorn Johns and Chester Countv Road Department lor sixteen heel (Cheel was a school leachei vears as ountv Road Supervisor rch Aish attended school in the old loved io build roads He loved ho big Woodrow School and late' attended trucks and tv' use and work big Delta High School During Ins second equipment year ol hight school his lather died so Arch married ddvs Bennett on June Arch was kneed to quit school in older 2" 1935 Thev have lour o to support ho mother and live lainin bow and two girl' 25 grandchildren members and two grea’ grandchildren Kiev Arch bough1 a truck whet he was 52 have lived in Delta vears sixteen years o' age and hauled Arch works well and gets aiong very well with people manganese cue Irom Drum Mountain Since he has retired to the railroad spur in Sugar volt to' he has enjoved gaiderung and yard several years He then began hauling wore visiting hix children and their produce ten the stores in Delta Iron families and riding his 2 Honda Sait Lake Cm He had mans puck Now Gold Wing bike he eniovs ahlorniu dr'ving experiences tiorn meeting with the "bow" everv Jav lor and he alx ha led dean Horn Delta to a gv'od visit and Inendiv association the Creame'v He just celebrated his '8th birthday ompanv in Beavei I tal When the war broke ou Arch and loves hie and his good health took a contract with a Ward Leasing 9 A Fire restrictions ordered for Utah and Juab Counties State Forester Dick Klaxon and Uinta National Forest Supervisor Don Nebeker have ordered fire restrictions for Utah County and Juab County 1988 a' 12:01 am beginning July The restriction area extends along the western slope of the Wasatch Front from Nephi to the Utah Lake County lire near Lone Peak Nebeker says “"' he order is necessary because of the evtremely hazardous fire conditions on the western slopes of the Wasatch Front These aie watershed lands adjacent to areas covered with Waves Ica'ning that vegetation and animals weie much the same then as today were experiences that broadened my respect The geologists displayed ol nature both respect and appreciation learning Irom the past as they look to the tuiure Tliev seem to understand the need to work with nature rather than attempting to alter its course As wandered observed and listen ed began to feel a sense of utgericv Arch Barben Serving as Delta Cue's Marsha o' the Day on July 4 1988 was Arc! Barben Mr Barben is an outxtandm citizen in the community I |