Chapter M

Mack, Colo., _15_, 17
Mancos Shale, 18, _56_, 72
view, _57_
Maps, _87_
geologic, 22
photo index, 58
road guide, 5, _6_
Marble Canyon, 12
Meeker, Colo., 64
Meeker Massacre, 10
Mesas, 1
Mesaverde Group, 56, 57, 129
landslide, view, _57_
Mesaverde National Park, 129
Mesozoic Era, 27
Metamorphic rocks, 18
_See also_ Proterozoic rocks.
Mica mine, 122
Miller, Laura Hazel, cave dweller, 13
Minerals, agate, 53
bentonite, 49
calcite, 21, 35
chert, 38
clays, 8, 49, 55, 69
coal, 55, 56, 57, 89
desert varnish, _8_, 32, 69
gypsum, 45
hematite, 21
kaolinite, 55
mica, 122
silica, 35
uranium ore, 28, 49
vanadium ore, 49
Mining, building stones, 105
Cameo, 57
coal, 57
Devils Canyon, 13
Kodels Canyon, 12
Ladder Canyon, 122
mica, 122
oil shale, 63, 64
Palisade, 57
Miocene Epoch, 61, 71, 72
Moab, Utah, 28, 120
Moab Member, Entrada Sandstone, 39, _40_, 42, 96, 111
views, _41_, _42_
Moenkopi Formation, 129
Monoclines. _See_ Folds.
Monument, _Apatosaurus excelcus_, 96
_Brachiosaurus_, 90
Otto’s, 3
Monument Canyon, 1, 2, 3, 29, _94_, 105
views, _94_, 102, _104_
Monument Canyon Trail, 94, _105_
Monument Canyon View, _105_
Monument Headquarters, 102
Monument Road, 53, 88, _118_
Monument Valley, 128
Mormon Tea, 111
view, 33
_Morosaurus_, 50
Morrison Formation, _47_, 90, 94, 96, 128
badlands, 49, 118
bentonite, 49
Brushy Basin Member, 47, 49, 90, 96
views, 48, 95
Glade Park, 119
gypsum, 45
landslide, 104
road cuts, 107
Salt Wash Member, 15, _47_, 49, 90, 94, 107
views, _41_, _48_, 92, 95
views, 48, 92, _95_
water, 15, 118
Mount Garfield, Book Cliffs, views, 33, _57_
Mule deer, 2
Museum, Historical Museum and Institute of Western Colorado, 4
Visitor Center, 5, 102

N
Natural Bridges National Monument, 129
Navajo Sandstone, 36, 38, 129
Needles, The, 128
No Thoroughfare Canyon, 1, 5, 49, 53, 118, 121
dikes, 24
flood, 118
Glade Park fault, 69
petroglyphs, 9
tunnel, view, 115
views, 9, 48, 54, 66, 117, _122_, 123
North East Creek, 78

O
Odd Fellows, 3
Oil shale, 63
Oligocene Epoch, 61
Orchard Mesa, water, 14
Otto, John, 1, 2
monument, view, XII, 4
Otto’s Trail, 97, 104, 114
view, 107
Oysters, 55

P
Pabor, William E., 11
Paleocene Epoch, 61, 63
Paleozoic Era, 26
Palisade, 17, 57, 73
water, 15
Peach orchards, 88
Pegmatite, 24
Pennsylvanian Period, 26
Permian Period, 26
Petrified Forest National Park, 129
Petroglyphs, 8
view, 9
Photographs, XII
Photography directions, 86
Piceance Creek Basin, 64
Picnic areas, Devils Kitchen, 5, 86, 111, _116_
Headquarters area, 86
view, _102_
Piñon Mesa, 61, 84, 101, 107, 120
elk, 2, 109
Piñon pine, 101, 109
view, 30, 68
Plants, coalified wood, 49
cottonwood trees, view, 114
juniper, 101, 109
views, 30, 68
Mormon Tea, 111
view, 33
piñon pine, 101, 109
views, 30, 68
Pipe Organ, 30, _104_
view, _104_
Pipe Organ Overlook, 104
Piracy, _73_
drawing, 74
Plateau Creek, 15, 63
Pleistocene Epoch, 73, 76, 77, 78
Pliocene Epoch, 61, 72, 73
Powell, John W., expedition, 11
Powerplant, 88
Precambrian rocks. _See_ Proterozoic rocks.
Preface, XI
Prehistoric people, 5
Proterozoic Eon, 24, 26, 125
Proterozoic rocks, _24_, 72, 89, 96, 99
faulting, views, 89, _92_
views, 19, _66_, 83, 100, _112_

Q
Quaternary Period, 61, 78

R
Railroads, 10, 11, 85
Rainbow Bridge National Monument, 36, 129
Red Canyon, 3, _80_, 111
view, _33_
Red Canyon Overlook, 96, _111_
Redlands, The, 89, 97, 118, 119, 122
canals, 88
Chinle Formation, 28
fossils, 50, 53
Morrison Formation, 49
peach orchards, 88
view, 30
water, 14, 88, 94
Redlands canals, 88, 94
Redlands fault, _64_, 65, 89, _92_
views, _66_, 89, _90_, 92, 93, 94, 107, 124
Redlands Road, _3_
Redlands View, _97_
References, 131
Rifle, Colo., 16, 17, 63, 64
Riggs Hill, 50, 90
Rim Rock Drive, _4_, 32, 86, _97_-116, 119
Artists Point, 105
campground, 101
Chinle Formation, 28
earthfill, view, _98_
Entrada Sandstone, 40, 42, _105_, 108
faulting, view, 67
Fruita Canyon, view, 100
gap in rock record, 38
Kayenta Formation, 32, 105, 109
Kodels Canyon fault, view, _68_
Liberty Cap Trail, 108
Moab Member, 42
Morrison Formation, 49
Slick Rock Member, 40, _42_
Summerville Formation, 105, 108
Ute Canyon, 108
views, 34, 36, 43, 67, 68, 98, 100
Visitor Center, 102
Wingate Sandstone, 104, 111
Ripplemarks, 47, 96
Rivers, 11, 16, _72_
Road cuts, Artists Point, 45
Brushy Basin Member, 96
Burro Canyon Formation, 53
Chinle Formation, 28, 99, 116
Entrada Sandstone, 42, 105, 108
Fruita Canyon, 28
Kayenta Formation, 36, 101, 105, 109
Moab Member, 42
Morrison Formation, 49, 96, 107
No Thoroughfare Canyon, 28
Proterozoic rocks, 99, 116
Salt Wash Member, 107
South Broadway, monument, view, _91_
Summerville Formation, 45, 105, 107, 108
Ute Canyon, 36, 45
Wingate Sandstone, 97, 99, 111, 116
Road guides. _See_ Trip guides.
Road stops, Artists Point, 105
Coke Ovens Overlook, 105
Devils Kitchen, 116
Distant View, 101
Fallen Rock Overlook, 109
view, 81
Fruita Canyon View, 101
Grand View, 105
Highland View, 107
Historic Trails View, 99
Independence View, 105
Lower Ute Canyon View, 109
Monument Canyon View, 105
Pipe Organ Overlook, 104
Red Canyon Overlook, 96, 111
Redlands fault, _92_
Redlands View, 97
Upper Ute Canyon View, 109
Roads, Broadway, 86, 89, _92_-95
Colorado Highway 141, view, 82
Colorado Highway 340, 86, 88, 89, 94, 97, 122
Divide Road, view, 82
DS Road, 111, _120_
Fruita, 4
Jacobs Ladder Road, 121
Little Park Road, 42, 49, 66, 120, _121_, _122_
Monument Road, 53, 88, _118_
Rim Rock Drive, _4_, 28, 32, 34, 38, 40, 42, 43, 47, 49, 67, 68,
86, _97_-116, 119
South Broadway, 86, _89_-92, 118
South Camp Road, 86, _89_, 90, 108, 118
U.S. Highway 6, 85, 88
U.S. Highway 24, 85
U.S. Highway 50, 85, 88, 122
U.S. Interstate 70, 63, 85, 96
Utah Highway 128, 120
Wingate Drive, 92
Roan Cliffs, _64_, 71
views, 19, 100, _103_
Rock column, 20
Rock formations, Balanced Rock, 99
Coke Ovens, 29, 30, 40, 105
view, 31
Cold Shivers Point, 29, 111
view, _112_
Devils Kitchen, 116
view, 117
Fallen Rock, view, _81_
Grabens, The, 128
Gunsight, The, 33
Independence Monument, 1, 29, _105_
views, _19_, 94, _107_
Kissing Couple, 30, 38
Liberty Cap, 108
view, 90
Needles, The, 128
petroglyphs, 116
Pipe Organ, 30
view, 104
Saddlehorn, 40, _101_
views, 101, 102, _106_
Sentinal Spire, 30
Squaw Fingers, 30
White Rock, view, 92
Window Rock, _102_
view, _103_
Rock leaching, 42, 44
Rocks, breakup, 26
types, _18_
Rosevale, 122
Roubidoux, Joseph, settler, 10
Rough Canyon, 121
Ruby Canyon, 83

S
Saddlehorn, 40, _101_
campground, 86, 101
picnic area, 86, 101
views, 101, 102, _106_
Sagebrush, 120
Sahara, 29
Salt Wash Member, Morrison Formation, _47_, 90, 94, 107
uranium, 49
views, 41, _48_, 92, 95
water, 15
San Miguel River, ancestral, 72
San Rafael Swell, 36, 45, 128, 129
Sand dunes, 29, 36
Schist, 24
Seagoing reptiles, 56
Sentinal Spire, 30
Serpents Trail, 1, 2, _111_
views, 30, 49, 66, 113, _114_
Sharks, 56
Sheep, 99
Silica, 35
Size, Colorado National Monument, 5
Slick Rim, 42
Slick Rock, Colo., 40
Slick Rock Member, 38, 39, _40_, 42, 45
views, 31, 37, _41_, 42, _43_, 44
Snail shell, 53
South Broadway, 86, _89_-92, 118
South Camp Road, 86, _89_, 90, 108, 118
Squaw Fingers, 30
_Stegosaurus_, 50
view, 52
Stream cutting, 79
Summerville Formation, 39, _45_, 47
road cuts, 105, 108
views, 41, 42, _46_
Sunset Crater National Monument, 130
Synclines, 61

T
Taft, William Howard, 1
Tertiary Period, 61, 71, 76
Thunderstorms, damage, 97, 108, 118
Tools, prehistoric people, 8
Trails, 1
Black Ridge, _99_
builder, 1
Canyon Rim, _102_, 104
views, 103, 104
Coke Ovens, 105
Grand View, 105
Liberty Cap, 90, 108
Lizard Canyon, 97
Lower Ute Canyon View, 109
Monument Canyon, 94, _105_
No Thoroughfare Canyon, 1
Otto’s, 97, 104, 114
Serpents, 1, 2, _111_
views, 30, 49, 66, 113, _114_
Ute Canyon, 108, 109
Window Rock Nature Trail, _102_, 104
Triassic Period, 27, 28, 29, 35
Trip guides, East Entrance to Grand Junction, 118
Fruita to West Entrance, 96
Glade Park, 119
Grand Junction to West Entrance, 88
Little Park Road, 121
West to East Entrances, 97
_Tyrannosaurus_, 60

U
Uinta Lake, 63
Unaweep Canyon, 72, _73_, 78, _80_
ancestral, 76
piracy, drawing, 75
view, _82_
Uncompahgre arch, 61, 72, 73, 77, 78
drawing, 75
Uncompahgre Complex, 8
Uncompahgre Highland, 26
Uncompahgre Plateau, 26, 28, 49, 77, 107
Unconformities, 26, 35, 54, 104
views, _37_, 41, 54
U.S. Highway 6, 85, 88
U.S. Highway 24, 85
U.S. Highway 50, 85, 88, 122
U.S. Interstate 70, 63, 85, 96
Utah Highway 128, 120
Ute Canyon, 2, 3, 40, 45, 80, 119
Fallen Rock, view, _81_
Liberty Cap, 108
Summerville Formation, 45
view, _110_
Ute Canyon Trail, 108, 109
Ute Canyon View, Lower, 109
Ute Canyon View, Upper, 109
Ute Indians, 5, 10