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Description: Geologic cross section of Carbon Peak, a laccolith, from NW to SE. Consolidated rocks and formations include: Tp, Tertiary quartz monzonite porphyry and granodiorite porphyry (igneous intrusives); Kmv*, Mesaverde Formation; and Km, Mancos Shale. Carbon Peak is located in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado, USA.
Title: Carbon Peak geologic cross section USGS 1987
Credit: https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_1129.htm Gaskill, D.L., Delong, J.E., Jr, and Cochran, D.M.. 1987. Geologic map of the Mt. Axtell quadrangle, Gunnison County, Colorado. Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1604. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
Author: Gaskill, D.L., Delong, J.E., and Cochran, D.M.
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