Overview: Ancient Lake Creede
GSA Special Papers
By: Philip M. Bethke and Richard L. Hay
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Abstract
Lake Creede was moderately saline closed-basin lake that developed in the 26.9 Ma Creede caldera in the San Juan Mountains in the southwest Colorado. The volcaniclastic sediments deposited within the late Oligocene lake were first described and named as the Creede Formation by Emmons and Larsen (1923). The lake and its sedimentary fill are of interest first as representatives of a caldera-hosted lake in a silicic volcanic terrane, and second because of the likely involvement of lake fluids or related pore waters in the deposition of the 25 Ma silver and base-metal ores of the Creede mining district north of the Creede caldera (Fig. 1), as proposed Bethke and Rye (1979). Much of the material presented in this volume is based on observation of core samples and on downhole geophysical measurements obtained as part of a U.S. Continental Scientific Drilling Program in the moat of the Creede caldera. These core and downhole studies are supplemented by outcrop studies, some initiated in support of the drilling program (Bethke and Lipman, 1987), and by conceptual studies of the evolution of the Creede caldera and its surrounding landscape. Not surprisingly, not all authors agree on all interpretation. Most disagreements are pointed out in this overview chapter, and may present opportunities for future study.
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Bethke, P., Hay, R., 2000, Overview: Ancient Lake Creede: GSA Special Papers, v. 346, p. 1-8, https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2346-9.1.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Overview: Ancient Lake Creede |
| Series title | GSA Special Papers |
| DOI | 10.1130/0-8137-2346-9.1 |
| Volume | 346 |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Geological Society of America |
| Description | 8 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | GSA Special Papers |
| First page | 1 |
| Last page | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| Other Geospatial | Creede Mining District |