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Junction Butte
Junction Butte is a summit located in the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park, in San Juan County, Utah. It is set about one mile south of the southern tip of Island in the Sky. A short hike to Grand View Point provides a view of Junction Butte. Access to this butte is via the four-wheel drive White Rim Road, which is another option to view Junction Butte. Topographic relief is significant as the top of this geological formation rises 1,400 feet above the road in less than one mile. Precipitation Surface runoff, runoff from Junction Butte drains east into the nearby Colorado River, and west into nearby Green River (Colorado River tributary), Green River. Junction Butte is situated north of the confluence, junction of these two major rivers. Geology This feature is composed of hard, fine-grained Wingate Sandstone, which is the remains of wind-borne sand dunes deposited approximately 200 million years ago in the Late Triassic. This Wingate sandstone, caprock, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaterite Butte
Elaterite Butte is a elevation summit located in The Maze District of Canyonlands National Park, in Wayne County, Utah. Elaterite Butte is situated southwest of Ekker Butte, and the Maze Overlook is situated to the northeast. Elaterite Butte is composed of hard, fine-grained Wingate Sandstone, which is the remains of wind-borne sand dunes deposited approximately 200 million years ago in the Late Triassic. This Wingate sandstone overlays a 432-foot thick layer of the softer Chinle Formation. The top of this geological formation rises over 1,400 feet above Elaterite Basin. The butte and basin are named for elaterite, which is a dark brown, tar-like, elastic mineral resin that seeps from parts of the nearby White Rim Sandstone.Halka Chronic and Lucy Chronic, ''Pages in Stone'', Second Edition, The Mountaineers Books, 2004, page 70. Access to the remote butte is via a four-wheel drive road in Elaterite Basin. Precipitation Surface runoff, runoff from Elaterite Butte drains into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
