"The purpose of this profile is to summarize the ecological information available for and relevant to stream and riparian habitats of the Great Basin. The Great Basin comprises the northern half of the Basin and Range physiographic province and covers most of Nevada and western Utah and portions of California, Oregon, and Idaho. The entire basin actually consists of numerous subbasins and mountain ranges which present an extremely diverse physical setting" (p. iii).

Abstract: The Fish Springs Range Wilderness Study Area (UT-050-127) includes most of the Fish Springs Range and is located north of the House Range, about 50 miles northwest of the city of Delta, Utah. A mineral resource study of the 33,840-acre area was completed in 1987 by the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau of Mines. The northwestern and southeastern parts of the wilderness study area contain inferred subeconomic resources of high-purity quartzite. No metallic mineral resources were identified in the study area, but more than 17 million pounds of lead, 2.6 million ounces of silver, and minor copper, zinc, and gold have been produced from the Fish Springs mining district, which is immediately outside the northwest boundary of the wilderness study area. The potential for undiscovered deposits of these metals and molybdenum is high near the northern end of the study area, adjacent to the mining district, moderate near the southern end, and low in the remainder of the area. The resource potential for undiscovered deposits of high-purity limestone and dolomite is moderate throughout the study area except where quartzite is present; potential for undiscovered low-temperature geothermal resources and for oil and gas is low throughout the study area.

From abstract: The Indian Creek (UT-060-164), Bridger Jack Mesa (UT-060-167), and Butler Wash (UT-060-169) Wilderness Study Areas are located in San Juan County, southeastern Utah. Inferred subeconomic resources of sandstone and sand and gravel exist within all three wilderness study areas, but because of their abundance throughout the region, their distance from current markets, and their lack of unique properties, these materials have no current likelihood for development.

Map showing the mineral resource potential and the geology of the Fiddler Butte Wilderness Study Area

From abstract: This report concerns a comparison of detailed measured sections and geophysical well-log profiles through the Sego allows subsurface identification of both depositional cycles and lateral facies changes.

From abstract: This is a report on reconnaissance geologic mapping and isotopic dating of tuff beds in the Uinta Basin of Utah that show that Lake Uinta probably persisted into late Eocene time in the area east of Duchesne and Strawberry Reservoir.

From Abstract: This report describes landslides and debris flows occurred in bedrock and surficial deposits of Ephraim Canyon, on the west side of the Wasatch Plateau, in central Utah, during the spring of 1983.

This report follows the mineral resource study and findings of the Spring Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area.

The following report analyzes the mineral resources of Swasey Mountain and Howell Peak.

The following report summarizes the mineral resource studies and findings of the Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness Study Area.

This report analyzes the Mancos Mesa Wilderness Study Area in San Juan County that contains low mineral resource potential for other metals, coal, and geothermal energy.

The following report summarizes the study and findings of mineral resources in Fish Creek Canyon, Road Canyon, and Mule Canyon.