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Scientific Investigations Map 3133

Geologic Map of the Sand Creek Pass Quadrangle, Larimer County, Colorado, and Albany County, Wyoming

By Jeremiah B. Workman and William A. Braddock

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New geologic mapping within the Sand Creek Pass 7.5 minute quadrangle defines geologic relationships within the northern Front Range of Colorado along the Wyoming border approximately 35 km south of Laramie, Wyo. Previous mapping within the quadrangle was limited to regional reconnaissance mapping; Eaton Reservoir 7.5 minute quadrangle to the east (2008), granite of the Rawah batholith to the south (1983), Laramie River valley to the west (1979), and the Laramie 30´ × 60´ quadrangle to the north (2007). Fieldwork was completed during 1981 and 1982 and during 2007 and 2008. Mapping was compiled at 1:24,000-scale. Minimal petrographic work was done and no isotope work was done in the quadrangle area, but detailed petrographic and isotope studies were performed on correlative map units in surrounding areas as part of a related regional study of the northern Front Range. Stratigraphy of Proterozoic rocks is primarily based upon field observation of bulk mineral composition, macroscopic textural features, and field relationships that allow for correlation with rocks studied in greater detail outside of the map area. Stratigraphy of Phanerozoic rocks is primarily based upon correlation with similar rocks to the north in the Laramie Basin of Wyoming and to the east in the Front Range of Colorado.

First posted November 23, 2010

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Suggested citation:

Workman, J.B., and Braddock, W.A., 2010, Geologic map of the Sand Creek Pass quadrangle, Larimer County, Colorado, and Albany County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3133, scale 1:24,000.


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