Show 1 k i i The Tile Hot Ilot Plug U Its Written U Up h j re in III New v York Yorki i 1 The October 1947 Issue of ROCKS AND MINERALS has an article In It of the Hot Plug 30 miles mlles NW of Delta which is known scientifically scientifically scientific scientific- J i ally as Fumerole Butte It gives I t a map and the roads and besides I I several photoes some taken from the air nir I IThe I I The article states that there were wera many outflows and that that I I I there are several shorelines Including includIng 1 Ing the main shorelines called The l Bonneville shore lines Jines and the J Provo Shore Line It also states j I that there are many fissures some with toxic gases present and that although the author of the article wore a gas mask he found it Impossible Impossible Impossible Im Im- possible to go to the farthest reaches of one of them The day dayI I climbed into several of these at atmospheric atmospheric atmospheric at- at conditions were such that there was no gas no odor I and I 1 climbed down and in as far faras faras faras as I wished In perfect safety lIe He speaks of the difference in temp- temp The article also includes remarks on the Hot Springs nearby He says I that the geologic age of oC the Hot Plug Is certainly not later than following It with This I would Indicate that Fumerole Butte was one of the oldest basaltic eruptions of the area As to eruptions eruptions eruptions In Juab and Millard he says Of these Fumerole Butte is perhaps perhaps per per- perI I haps the oldest Yes one can look i about a million years smack In the I face Cace and only 30 miles mlles from Crom Delta Well worth a visit |