1. History of Utah

3. Utah’s geologic wealth is due to Utah’s geologic past
Utah’s geologic wealth is due to Utah’s geologic past. Utah’s three billion year rock record can be told as chapters…. we’ll skip the first two… and they take up about 70% of the record.

4. 3 Limestone – GREAT host rocks for mineralization
Potential for oil and other hydrocarbons

5. 4 4 Oquirrh Basin Limestone, shale, shaley limestone, limey shale
300 mya
Oquirrh Basin
Limestone, shale, shaley
limestone, limey shale
Become great host rocks
for mineralization.
Paradox Basin – salts
Potash… waste isolation

6. 5
200 mya
SANDSTONE… rock
Awesome reservoir for
hydrocarbons

7. 6
70–80 mya
(Erosion to the west… bye bye
earlier rock units.)
COAL

8. 7
45 mya
OIL SHALE

9. 8 MINERALIZATION Associated with impressive Igneous activity…
15 mya
MINERALIZATION
Associated with impressive
Igneous activity…
intrusions
Extrusions
Circulating waters.

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