Usage:
Fairview Peak Granodiorite (CO*)
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Fairview Peak, in secs. 16 and 17, T. 51 N., R. 4 E., and vicinity, notably mountaineous terrain extending north from peak, Fairview Peak 7.5-min quadrangle, Gunnison Co., south-central CO. Named from Fairview Peak (DeWitt and others, 2002, USGS Geol. Inv. Ser. Map I-2738, scale 1:30,000, p. 17-20).
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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