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Bentonite hills near Caineville on Factory Bench
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Fig. 1Bentonite hills near Caineville on Factory Bench

Landform

A Factory Bench rim over Mancos shale and Caineville Reef — the gray empty north of Factory Butte, not the butte itself.

Field note

Skyline Rim on Factory Bench, reached by BLM roads #0091 and #0913 off Highway 24. The pin is approx. Factory Butte is a separate plate on the same bench. This plate is the Moonscape Overlook, not Factory Butte and not the Waterpocket Fold.

Moonscape Overlook is Skyline Rim on Factory Bench, reached by BLM roads #0091 and #0913 off Highway 24. The pin is approx. Factory Butte is a separate plate on the same bench. This plate is the Moonscape, not Factory Butte and not the Waterpocket Fold.

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Stamp each view as you reach it; the plate seals when every one is inked.

A private leaf

Prints from Moonscape Overlook


Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.

The prints

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