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Geologic Unit: Log Cabin
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Log Cabin Granite
  • Modifications:
    • Not used
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Southern Rocky Mountain region
Publication:

Tweto, Ogden, 1977, Nomenclature of Precambrian rocks in Colorado, IN Contributions to stratigraphy: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1422-D, p. D1-D22.


Summary:

Pg. D7 (table 1). Log Cabin Granite of Boos and Boos [1934]. Invalid; incidental mention in an abstract. Rock is generally referred to as "granite of Log Cabin batholith" or Silver Plume Granite. Rocks included in granitic rocks and gabbro of approx. 1,400 Ma age group (Precambrian Y), northern Front Range, Colorado.
Boos, M.F., and Boos, C.M., [1934], Granites of the Front Range, Colorado; The Log Cabin batholith [abs.], GSA Proc., 1933, p. 69.
(See also Peterman and others, 1968, Jour. Geophys. Research, v. 73, no. 6, p. 2277-2296.)

Source: Publication.


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