South Sixshooter Peak, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Mining History Books or high adventure

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The diversity of Utah's backcountry is legendary

This open-file report was made to provide detail that can not be shown at the smaller scale of a 30- x 60-minute map and because no detailed geologic mapping of the entire Shearing Corral quadrangle was available

and consists of a 2- to 8-mile-wide corridor centered on SR-9

South Sixshooter Peak, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Mining History Books or high adventureThe 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