- Usage in publication:
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- Cimarron Creek latite*
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Latite
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Piceance basin
- San Juan Mountains province
Summary:
Cimarron Creek latite. Quartz pyroxene latite. Intrusive into Potosi volcanic series. Especially common in drainage of Cimarron Creek [River] in Ouray and Lake City quadrangles, Ouray region, [Ouray, Hinsdale and Gunnison Counties], southwestern Colorado. Age is Tertiary (Miocene or Pliocene).
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 444).
- Usage in publication:
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- Cimarron Creek Latite*†
- Modifications:
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- Abandoned
Summary:
Map unit designated Oligocene lava flows of the San Juan Formation in this quadrangle were called Cimarron Creek Latite by Cross and others (1907) who thought they were dikes, sills, and irregular intrusive masses in the Cimarron River drainage. The name Cimarron Creek Latite, therefore, abandoned.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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