Bird's-eye view of a part of the Uinta Uplift. / Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.); Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 / 1876

Bird's-eye view of a part of the Uinta Uplift. Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.); Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902, 1876

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Full Title: Bird's-eye view of a part of the Uinta Uplift. Designed by G.K. Gilbert. U.S. G. and G. Survey, 2d. Div., J.W. Powell, geologist in charge. Geology of the Unita Mountains. (Julius Bien Lith.)

Author: Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.); Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902

Date: 1876

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Author: Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.); Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902

Date: 1876

Short Title: Bird's-eye view of a part of the Uinta Uplift.

Publisher: New York: Julius Bien

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 39

Object Width cm: 52

Scale 1: 156,000

Note: Lithograph. Block diagram of an area measuring 40 by 50 miles. Vertical and horizontal scales (ca. 1:156,000)

State / Province: Utah ; Wyoming ; Colorado

Subject: Geology

List No: 2078.006

Page No: pl. IV

Series No: 8

Engraver or Printer: Bien, Julius

Published In: Atlas accompanying the report on the geology of a portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto by J.W. Powell, Geologist in charge 1876. Julius Bien Lith. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Territories, Second Division.

Publication Author: Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.); Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902

Publication Date: 1876

Publication Reference: Phillips, 2590; LeGear. Atlases of the United States, L 3275; Schmeckebier. Catalogue and index of the publications of the Hayden, King, Powell, and Wheeler surveys, p. 42; Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 1274.

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 2078.000

Publication Type: Geologic Atlas

Publication Maps: 8

Publication Height cm: 66

Publication Width cm: 50

Image No: 2078006

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