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  • Usage in publication:
    • Brewer Creek latite*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Latite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • San Luis basin
Publication:

Burbank, W.S., 1932, Geology and ore deposits of the Bonanza mining district, Colorado, with a section on history and production by C.W. Henderson: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 169, 166 p.


Summary:

Brewer Creek latite. Flows, 500+/- feet thick. Overlies Porphyry Peak rhyolite and is overlain by andeslte flows. Age is Tertiary.
Exposed north of and westward along Brewer Creek, Bonanza district, Saguache Co., southern CO.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 260).


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