Farmington, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Uranium and Vanadium Lost Creek

Lost Creek

These Mesozoic beds were deformed by Sevier shortening and reverse faults have cut them into steeply dipping slabs along the front of the plateau

and identifying rocks and minerals

East Canyon

and mercury content

Farmington, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Uranium and Vanadium Lost CreekThe distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as mean sea level. Contours make it possible to measure the height of mountains, depths of the ocean bottom, and steepness of slopes. A topographic map shows more than contours. The map also includes