Utah Geological Survey

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The Utah Geological Survey is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. It also has an office in Cedar City, Utah.

It is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources and is an applied scientific agency, which creates, interprets, and provides information about Utah's geological environment, resources and hazards, in order to promote safe, beneficial and wise land usage.

Its departments and programmes are: Editorial Services, Geologic Hazards Program, Energy & Minerals Program, Geologic Information and Outreach Program, Geologic Mapping Program, Ground Water and Paleontology Program and a State Energy Program (SEP).