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  • Usage in publication:
    • Black Hill rhyolite
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Rhyolite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Eagle basin
Publication:

Cross, Whitman, 1886, Petrography [of the Leadville district, Colorado]: U.S. Geological Survey Monograph, 12, 319-362.


Summary:

Pg. 349. Black Hill rhyolite. Almost wholly quartz and feldspar. Recognized in Black Hill region, Colorado. Age is Tertiary.
Forms Black Hill, about 18 mi southeast of Leadville, Lake Co., CO

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