Keywords: Striped Butte in Butte Valley.jpg Striped Butte in Butte Valley Steeply tilted limestone beds of the Permian Anvil Spring Formation A major fault behind the butte separates it from Precambrian Noonday and Johnnie Formation rocks about ½ billion years older USGS photo moved here from the English Wikipedia http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Image Striped_Butte02 jpg Striped Butte in Butte Valley http //geomaps wr usgs gov/parks/deva/time6 html 01/13/04 USGS PD-USGov Death Valley National Park Permian geology Precambrian Butte Valley |