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Geology of the Gore Canyon-Kremmling area, Grand County, Colorado

Open-File Report 68-3
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr683

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Abstract

The Gore Canyon-Kremmling area is in the southwestern portion of the Kremmling 15-minute quadrangle, Colorado. Precambrian rocks are biotite gneiss, the Boulder Creek Granodiorite, granophyre dikes, and quartz veins. The Boulder Creek intrudes the biotite gneiss, and both of these units are cut by north-northwest-trending granophyre dikes and quartz veins. Biotite gneiss contains structure elements of a northwest and a northeast fold system. Lineations and foliations in the Boulder Creek are generally concordant to the northeast fold system . of the gneiss. Late Paleozoic to Mesozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary formations, in ascending order and with their approximate thicknesses, are the State Bridge Formation, 15 feet; the Chinle and Chugwater Formations undivided, 0-95 feet; the Sundance Formation, 0?-100 feet; the Morrison Formation, 250 feet; the Dakota Sandstone, 225 feet; the Benton Shale, 340 feet; the Niobrara Formation, 600 feet; and the Pierre Shale. Quaternary deposits are terrace, landslide, and modern flood-plain deposits. Laramide rock deformation is related to the Park Range uplift and includes faulting and, in the sediments, some folding. Some of the faults, including the regional Gore fault, are Precambrian structures reactivated in Laramide time.

Suggested Citation

Barclay, C.V., 1968, Geology of the Gore Canyon-Kremmling area, Grand County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 68-3, 187 p. ill., maps (some col.) ;29 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr683.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Geology of the Gore Canyon-Kremmling area, Grand County, Colorado
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 68-3
DOI 10.3133/ofr683
Year Published 1968
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey],
Description 187 p. ill., maps (some col.) ;29 cm.
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