Interim geologic map of the Santa Clara quadrangle, Washington County, Utah (OFR-339) Identification Field Guides Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity

flora and fauna

monoclines

and historical summary of fossil collecting in Utah

Interim geologic map of the Santa Clara quadrangle, Washington County, Utah (OFR-339) Identification Field Guides Bureau of Land Management (BLM)By: G. C. Willis and J. M. Higgins The Santa Clara quadrangle is in the St. George basin of southwestern Utah and is popular for its scenery of vivid red sandstone contrasting with black basalt lava flows. It is on a structural block bounded by the down to the west Grand Wash Reef Reservoir Gunlock fault system to the west and the Hurricane fault zone to the east. Strata in the quadrangle dip about five degrees northeastward and are cut by a few minor