Mountain ranges locally separated by broad basins.
Mountain ranges composed of eastward-directed thrust sheets. Some mountains formed by block faulting of Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks, similar to Basin and Range. Some of the basins discussed below are not in the Wyoming Basins Province sensus stricto but lie along the periphery and are of similar structure and stratigraphy. Geomorphology Rugged mountain ranges separated by flat-floored valleys. King's Peak , Utah's highest point at 13,528 feet is part of the Uinta chain.