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Show Geology crew conducts Area Survey Information regarding ground cracks or holes, or any other geological features, whether historical or present day, is being sought by the State Geology Department as it begins a study of the Cedar City area. Bruce Kaliser of the Utah Geological and Mineral Service was in Cedar City this week to begin the preliminary investigation into the problem of home construction that has been identified in the area and for which a study grant from the Four Corners Region has been awarded. Just underway "We are just beginning our study. What we are trying to do now is to determine where we will do exploritory drilling to determine the geological conditions in the area," he said. At the present time the team is collecting data and seeking input from the community. "Although we will probably do core drilling only within the city we are interested in any unusual ground cracks and holes whether they be recent or historical throughout the area, he said. Valuable information We believe that farmers and ranchers ran-chers from the area may have information in-formation that could be most valuable to us. We are interested in receiving all the information we can from these people, who have lived in this area and observed various conditions. Although the study relates basically to Cedar City "we are interested in data from throughout the area as it might ultimately relate to the problems within the city," Kaliser stated. Anyone with information is invited to contact the Cedar City offices or communicate direct with Bruce Kaliser, Utah Geological and Mineral Services, 606 Black Hawk Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108. Drillings planned Following the collection of as much data as possible the team will come back into town and conduct a series of drilling to more effectively determine what problems may exist, what might have cuased extensive slippage and foundation breakage in certain areas and possibly what might be considered for the future as it relates to urbanization, ur-banization, Kaliser said. "Although problems have been identified in the northern section of Highland Drive in the Northeast portion por-tion of the community, we believe that there are other areas, not yet urbanized, ur-banized, that might be similarly affected," af-fected," Kaliser said. "We don't believe it is an isolated incident, nor that any one factore is the total cause of the problem." |
