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Show WM geologic work in M SOUTHEASTERN UTAH Vjt In order tn discover whethor tlio ft legion ntforris uny promise or yield- Hi ins oil n lurgo part of Knno and Oar- H field (ountlcH mid a small linrt of HH Wayne County, I'tnli, wcro mapped Bjl last suniiucr by tho United Statos iM OeoloRlcal Sunoy, Department of U' tli Interior. It. C. Mooro, P. C. Bnj Itonedlot and A. O Tostor, working Bj under the dlroctlon of 11. 0. Mooro. If mapped In ilotall the boundaries of Vjl the geologic formation! and tho fcat- Bi, ; urcs of the gcoloRlc structure In tho Hj eastern parts of thoso countlos, Hl obtained (lata for a detail map of tho mjji Clrclo CHfi'fH nnttcllnod In Oarflold Hjft county, and studied carefully the H1 characters of the formations that H' outlined this structural feature und H I that of other formations which un- H ; derlle the our face. H j Studies were also made of tho f stratigraphy of Colorado und San H j .tuan rhcrs In connection with pow- H h er proJcctH. Tho Colorado wan do- Hli ; Hccnded from Orcenrivcr, Utah, to H 1 tco'fl Ferry, and tho San Juan from Hj J limit to Its junction with the Color- j 1 ado. The geologists ongaRcd In this M I work. Sidney Paige, G. It. Ixragwell, Hj ; II. 1) Miser, and Kirk Bryan, obtain- Hij ed valuable Information regarding gHJ! ' the character and distribution of tho I rocks of the different formations ov er a wide area. This work will por-mlt por-mlt .Koologtc correlation of forma, lions In Wayno and Kmery counties, already mapped, and thoso In San Juan County, so that when tho office of-fice work has been completed correlation correl-ation between tho surface formations over tho greater part of southeastern Utah will bo established. |