Usage:
Henry Mountain Granite (CO*)
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Henry Mountain, in secs. 14 and 15, T. 51 N., R. 3 E., and mountaineous terrain north of Fossil Ridge, Fairview Peak and Crystal Creek 7.5-min quadrangles, Gunnison Co., south-central CO. Named from Henry Mountain (DeWitt and others, 2002, USGS Geol. Inv. Ser. Map I-2738, scale 1:30,000, p. 21+).
AAPG geologic province:
Piceance basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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