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The Bentonite Hills are rounded, banded badlands in south-central Utah, particularly associated with the landscape east of Capitol Reef National Park. Their muted blue, green, gray, red, and purple tones come from mineral-bearing bentonite and related clay-rich layers derived partly from altered vol...
Factory Butte is an isolated landform near Caineville in Wayne County, Utah, rising above broad badland flats shaped largely from Mancos Shale. Its steep, ribbed slopes and resistant upper layers make it a conspicuous landmark north of the Fremont River and east of Capitol Reef National Park. The su...
The Caineville Badlands are an area of heavily eroded sedimentary terrain near Caineville in south-central Utah, east of Capitol Reef National Park. Weathering of Mancos Shale and related deposits has produced gray and buff hills, narrow washes, steep slopes, and a sparsely vegetated landscape often...
