Geology

Wolverine Petrified Wood Area

Garfield County, UT

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BLM / Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument special management area (Wolverine Petrified Wood Natural Environmental Area) with in-place Triassic Chinle Formation logs—trunks tens of feet long and up to ~3 ft diameter—scattered on a short desert hike off the Burr Trail / Wolverine Loop. View-only; collecting is illegal inside the monument.

Field facts

RegionGarfield County, UT
Coordinates37.7971, -111.2210
FormationChinle Fm (Petrified Forest Member)
Age~225 Ma (Triassic)
AccessDirt Wolverine Loop (BLM 110)
StatusGSENM special management; no collecting

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