"Striped Butte in Butte Valley. Steeply tilted limestone beds of the Permian Anvil Spring Formation. A major fault behind the butte separates it from Precambrian Noonday and Johnnie Formation rocks, about ½ billion years older. (USGS photo)"

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DescriptionStriped Butte in Butte Valley.jpg	Striped Butte in Butte Valley
Date	01/13/04
Source	http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/deva/time6.html
Author	USGS
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