Tabernacle Hill

Tabernacle Hill
Tabernacle Hill
	Tabernacle Hill lava flow. Image is about 6 km wide.
Highest point
Elevation	1,493 m (4,898 ft)
Geography
Country	United States
State	Utah
Region	Black Rock Desert volcanic field
District	Millard County
Range coordinates	38°54′36″N 112°31′56″W
Topo map	USGS Tabernacle Hill, UT

Tabernacle Hill is a butte formed by a dormant volcano in the west-central portion of Utah, United States.[1]

Description

The butte is located in the Sevier Desert in the Pahvant Valley 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Fillmore.

The ring of hills that include Tabernacle Hill is approximately 1 km in diameter, and it sits somewhat off center to the southeast of a lava field approximately 5 km in diameter.

Geology

Tabernacle Hill is part of the Black Rock Desert volcanic field. The lava of Tabernacle Hill is basalt and tuff of late Pleistocene age. The basalt erupted from the vent at Tabernacle Hill into Lake Bonneville when it was at the Provo level.[2]

Tabernacle Hill lies south of The Cinders, the youngest lava flow in Utah.

Gilbert and Russell's 1890 Map of the Volcanic District

The basalt of the Cinders and Tabernacle hill was first mapped by geologists Grove Karl Gilbert and Israel Russell in 1890 (see map below).

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tabernacle Hill
Quaternary geology of the Black Rock Desert, Millard County, Utah. Oviatt, C. G., 1991. Utah Geological Survey, Special Study 73 (23 p., pl. 1). Map Scale: 1:100,000.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tabernacle Hill

[2] Quaternary geology of the Black Rock Desert, Millard County, Utah. Oviatt, C. G., 1991. Utah Geological Survey, Special Study 73 (23 p., pl. 1). Map Scale: 1:100,000.