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Show UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY 606 Black Hawk Way Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY is a Division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources and operates under the guidance of a Governing Board appointed by the Governor from industry and the public- at- large. The Survey is instructed by law to collect and distribute reliable information concerning the mineral resources, topography, and geology of the state, to investigate areas of geologic and topographic hazards that could affect the citizens of Utah, and to support the development of natural resources within the state. The Utah Code Annotated, 1953 Replacement Volume 5, Chapter 36, 53- 36- 1 through 12, describes the Survey and its functions. The Survey publishes bulletins, maps, a quarterly newsletter, and a biannual journal that describe the geology of the state. Write for the latest list of publications available. The Survey also sells the colored geologic map of Utah ( Army Map Service base, 1: 250,000, in four quarters), a project of the College of Mines and Mineral Industries of the University of Utah from 1961 through 1964. It acts as sales agent for publications of the Utah Geological Association and its predecessor organizations, the Utah Geological Society, the Intermountain Association of Geologists, and the Intermountain Association of Petroleum Geologists. THE SAMPLE LIBRARY is maintained to preserve well cuttings, drill cores, stratigraphic sections, and other geological samples. Files of lithologic, electrical, and mechanical logs of oil and gas wells drilled in the state are also maintained. The library's collections have been obtained by voluntary donation and are open to public use, free of charge. THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY adopts as its official policy the standard proclaimed in the Governor's Code of Fair Practices that it shall not, in recruitment, appointment, assignment, promotion, and discharge of personnel, discriminate against any individual on account of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, or sex. It expects its employees to have no interest, financial or otherwise, that is in conflict with the goals and objectives of the Survey and to obtain no personal benefit from information gained through their work as employees of the Survey. For permanent employees this restriction is lifted after a two- year absence, and for consultants the same restriction applies until publication of the data they have acquired. |