Our Mountains and the rocks within them touch all aspects of our lives. Mountains supply recreation, scenery, wildlife habitats, and water. Rocks provide building materials, mineral wealth, and reflections of the earth's past. Like detectives, geologists study rocks for clues that help them understand ancient climates and landscapes and unearth hidden riches.

The rocks at this site were deposited on a continental shelf between 360 and 330 million years ago. Pieces of coral reefs, fish skeletons, and fine-grained debris settled out of the shallow, warm waters and rested on the ocean floor. Over time, a thick blanket of debris covered the bottom of the ocean. Eventually, heat and pressure of burial compacted and hardened the sediments to rocks.

Millions of years later, forces within the earth caused the buried rocks to bend and break. Between 20 and 15 million years ago, movement on the Wasatch fault uplifted the Wasatch Range. As the immense block of earth rose, wind, rain, gravity, and glaciers exposed rocks and carved the deep canyons that we see today.

To log the cache, answer the questions below and take a photo of yourself or group.:

1. What does it say under the picture of Utah on the sign?

2. Name 2 formations or sediments between 360 and 330 million years ago.