Elaterite Butte

Elaterite Butte babban koli ne mai tsayin  wanda yake a cikin The Maze District of Canyonlands National Park, a Wayne County, Utah .  Elaterite Butte yana  kudu maso yammacin Ekker Butte, kuma Maze Overlook yana  zuwa arewa maso gabas. Elaterite Butte ya ƙunshi dutse mai ƙarfi, mai kyau mai kyau na Wingate Sandstone, wanda shine ragowar dunes ɗin yashi na iska wanda aka ajiye kimanin shekaru miliyan 200 da suka wuce a cikin Late Triassic . Wannan dutsen yashi na Wingate yana rufe kauri mai tsawon ƙafa 432 na Tsarin Chinle mai laushi.  saman wannan tsarin halittar ƙasa ya tashi sama da ƙafa 1,400 sama da Elaterite Basin. Butte da basin suna suna don elaterite, wanda shine launin ruwan kasa mai duhu, mai kama da tar, resin ma'adinai na roba wanda ke fitowa daga sassan White Rim Sandstone na kusa.  Samun shiga butte mai nisa yana ta hanyar tuƙi mai ƙafafu huɗu a cikin Elaterite Basin. Ruwan hazo daga Elaterite Butte yana malalowa zuwa kogin Green na kusa, wanda hakan kuma yana cikin kwandon magudanar ruwa na Kogin Colorado .

 Yanayi 
Spring da fall sune mafi kyawun yanayi don ziyarci Elaterite Butte. Dangane da tsarin rarraba yanayi na Köppen, yana cikin yankin yanayi mai sanyi na sanyi, wanda aka ayyana shi da mafi sanyi watan yana da matsakaicin matsakaicin zafin jiki ƙasa -0. °C (32 °F) kuma aƙalla kashi 50% na yawan hazo da ake samu a lokacin bazara da bazara. Wannan yanayi na hamada yana samun kasa da  na ruwan sama na shekara-shekara, kuma dusar ƙanƙara tana da haske gabaɗaya a lokacin hunturu.

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