Usage:
Curecanti Quartz Monzonite of Berthoud Plutonic Suite (CO*)
Curecanti Granite (CO*)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from exposures 3.5 mi along Black Canyon, from a point 1.5 mi east of Curecanti Creek to Nelson Gulch, Montrose Co., CO (Hunter, 1925).
Type locality designated at Curecanti Needle, 4.5 mi downstream from Blue Mesa damsite near Sapinero, Gunnison Co., CO (Hansen, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
Southern Rocky Mountain region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).