Utah Geological Association

Brett Mustoe attended Brigham Young University and received B.S. (1988) and M.S. (1994) degrees in geology.  His M.S. thesis work focused on the use of geophysics to assess earthquake hazards on the Wasatch fault zone near Provo and Springville, Utah.  Mr. Mustoe has presented papers at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in Dallas (1989) and Salt Lake City (2002), and at several Symposia on Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering (1989 and 1991).  He has also co-authored several papers, including two in UGA Publication 24.   

Charles Payton received a M.S. degree in geology from the University of Oregon and began his professional career with the Portland District of the U.S. Corps of Engineers as an engineering geologist.  He worked on several of the large dams in western Oregon both during exploration and design as well as during construction.  After 6 years, he joined the central engineering staff at Kennecott Copper and was involved in rock slope design, tailings dams, and mine planning.  He then joined Morrison -Knudsen Corp. and worked as a principal engineering geologist and manager of the geology/hydrology department for Morrison Knudsen Engineers in San Francisco, California.  He was able to work on several mining and water resource development projects not only in the United States but in Indonesia, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Nicaragua.  Prior to establishing his own company in 1995, he worked approximately four years with Dames & Moore in Salt Lake City, Utah and Anchorage, Alaska.  His own company was called American Geological Services and he provided geologic support for mining companies, developers, and geotechnical engineering companies.  In 2000 in joined Amec Earth & Environmental in Salt Lake City, where he worked for approximately three years.  Since 2003, he has again been an independent engineering geologist using the name of Payton Geological Services.  Charles also has been an adjunct professor at Utah Valley State College in Orem, Utah, where he teaches introduction to geology classes.

David received his B.S. degree in Geology from Brigham Young University in 1971 and a M.S. degree in Geology from Brigham Young University in 1975.  David worked for Getty Oil Company (mineral division) in Salt Lake City from 1972 to 1973.  After receiving a M.S. degree, he moved to Midland, Texas and began work in oil and gas exploration for Gulf Oil.  David went to work for Samedan Oil, now Nobel Energy, in Denver in 1978 as an exploration and production geologist covering the Rocky Mountain States.  He moved to Oklahoma City as Regional Manager of the Mid-continent Division in 1990 and in 1991 moved to Houston, TX as Manager of Exploitation of Onshore U.S. and later as Exploration Manager of both the Mid-continent and Rocky Mountain Region.