Firewater Canyon South, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map UGA PI 000 1″ =11

000 1″ =11

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

A multitude of photos provide depth to the story

Late Cenozoic high- and low-angle normal faulting and related igneous events in Gold Hill

in southeastern Tooele County

Firewater Canyon South, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map UGA PI 000 1″ =11The 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