538 E. BLACKWELDER GEOLOGY OF WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH 



the crest of the spurs on either side, because it is cut off by the structure 

 next to be described (see figure 6). 



The third prominent overthrust crosses Ogden Canyon in the vicinity 

 of the Hermitage. It is noteworthy because it reverses the order of 

 strata which characterizes most overthrusts, namely, older upon younger. 



Figure 8. — Diagram of Overthrust shown in Figure 2, Plate ifO 



Along this fracture the thick-bedded massive Mississippian limestone 

 seems to have been pushed at a low angle out over the lower beds of the 

 series. The overthrust cuts out not only part of the Middle Paleozoic 

 sequence, but even one of the two repeated slabs of the Cambrian, so that 

 the Carboniferous strata come to rest upon the middle body of the Cam- 



