Record Details
page B-3
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page B-3 Final environmental statement : authorized Jensen Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page B-3 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | B-3 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; wide the southern boundary of the uinta basin is the tavap talap tavaputs Tava puts uts ats plateau physical features of the basin include mesas benches terraces buttes washes and badlands interspersed with valleys and broad flats eroded from sedimentary deposits of sandstone and shale the jensen unit area is drained mainly by ashley creek and brush creek tributaries tributa ries of green river which is a major tributary of the colorado river the green river has its headwaters in the highwind high wind river mountains of western wyoming it flows southward some 150 miles to its confluence with the colorado river ashley creek and brush creek originate high in the uinta mountains flow southeasterly through the jensen unit area and join the green river on opposite sides of the town of jensen between brush and ashley creeks there is anupland an upland area composed of eroded badlands flat topped mesas washes and small valleys or flats interspersed with arable lands the lands to be irrigated by the jens jensen en unit have an average elevation of about 4800 feet and range in elevation from 4730 to 5460 feet 3 geology a general the jensen unit area is located on the south flank of the uinta mountain range which is a broad east west trending asymmetrical anticlinal arch flanked on the north and south by synclinal basins erosion has removed sedimentary deposits from the top of this arch and revealed a core of precambrian metamorphics the general uplift of the uinta mountains and downwarping down warping of the uinta basin to the south was accompanied by major faulting and some minor faulting and folding from tension adjustments along the flanks of the uplift sedimentary beds ranging in age from cretaceous to late paleozoics are up warped by the uinta mountain and dip away southward from it in varying degrees into the uinta basin big brush gorge is a narrow precipitous nonglacial gorge carved by running water the walls are of weber sandstone and the top is capped by the park city formation the narrow canyon of big brush creek begins about 4.5 45 45 miles downstream from oaks park reservoir and continues downstream about 8.4 84 84 miles ending about 1.8 18 18 miles upstream from where brush creek crosses utah highway 44 the canyon varies from a few hundred feet deep to over 2000 feet deep near the brush creek canyon overlook B 3 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/6665 |
