Report on the geology of the Henry MountainsGilbert, Grove Karl
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Report on the geology of the Henry Mountains
Gilbert, Grove Karl
Geology -- Utah -- Henry Mountains; Intrusions (Geology) -- Utah -- Henry Mountains
The Henry Mountains are similar among themselves in constitution. They
all exhibit dome-like uplifts; they all contain intrusive rocks; and
their intrusive rocks are all of one lithologic type. They are moreover
quite by themselves; the surrounding country is dissimilar in structure,
and there is no gradation nor mingling of character. Thus similar and
thus isolated it is natural to regard the mountains as closely related
in origin, to refer their trachytes to a common source, and to look for
homology in all their parts. It was the search for such homology which
led to the hypothesis that the laccolite is the dominant element of
their structure. It is now time to examine this hypothesis, the truth of
which has been assumed in the preceding pages, and see how far it
accords with the facts of observation.
The facts to be correlated are the following:
1st. There are seven laccolites which lie so far above the local plane
of erosion that they are specially exposed to denuding agents. They have
no enveloping strata, and their only associated sheets lie in the strata
under them. Their original forms have been impaired or destroyed by
erosion. They are the Scrope, the Jukes, the Sentinel and its three
companions, and the A laccolites.
2d. There are two laccolites so nearly bared that their forms are
unmistakable, but which are still partially covered by arching strata,
and which have associated sheets and dikes. They are the Marvine and the
Steward laccolites.
3d. There are five supposed laccolites situated where the erosion planes
are inclined, which run under the slopes and are covered at one side or
end, and at the other project so far above them as to have lost
something by erosion. These are accompanied by overarching strata and by
sheets and dikes. They are the Peale, the Howell, the Shoulder, the D,
and the E.
4th. There are seven or eight supposed laccolites, of which only a small
part is in each case visible, but which are outlined in form by domes of
overarching strata. Their bases are not exposed. Associated with them
are dikes and sheets. They are the Hillers, the Pennell, the Geikie, the
Newberry, the Bowl Creek, the C, the H, and perhaps the F.
5th. There are five domes of strata accompanied by dikes and (with one
exception) by sheets, but showing no laccolite. They are the Ellsworth,
the Greater Holmes, the Crescent, the Jerry, and the B arches.
6th. There are nine or more domes of strata with no visible
accompaniment of trachyte. They are the Lesser Holmes, the Pulpit, the
G, the Dana, and the Maze arches, and those of the foundation of Mount
Pennell and of the west base of Mount Ellen.
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